Ātman (1975 film)
1975 Japanese experimental short film
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Ātman (Japanese: アートマン, Hepburn: Ātoman) is a 1975 Japanese experimental short film directed by Toshio Matsumoto.[2]
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| Ātman | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Toshio Matsumoto |
| Cinematography | |
| Music by | Toshi Ichiyanagi[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
Film
The film depicts a figure sitting in an outdoor environment and wearing a robe and a Hannya mask.[3][4] The film features receding and shifting images captured in a frame-by-frame manner; though these shots resemble zooms and pans, they were actually derived from positioning the camera on a series of a points.[4][5]
Reception
In 1978, a writer for the Millennium Film Journal called Ātman "an intricately constructed film", and compared it to Michael Snow's Wavelength (1967) and Hollis Frampton's Travelling Matte (1973).[4]
The techniques Matsumoto used in this film were influential on his student Takashi Ito.[6]