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Artists
in Wonderland
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JAPAN
/ 1998 / Japanese with English subtitles / Color / 16mm (orig. 35mm)
/ 93 min
Director, Editing:Sato Makoto
Cinematography:Tashima Seizo & Otsu Koshiro
Sound:Kubota Yukio
Music: Inoue Yosui
Production Company, Source:Siglo Ltd.
5-24-16-210 Nakano, Nakano-ku
Tokyo 164-0001
Phone: 81-3-5343-3101
Fax: 81-3-5343-3102
E-mail: BZW04770@nifty.ne.jp
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Satoh Makoto
Born in Hirosaki city, Aomori in 1957. Assistant Director for The
Innocent Sea in 1981. Assistant for Director Kagami Yoichi in
1985. As director, he lived with the film crew for Living on the
River Agano from 1988 until the completion of the film in 1992.
That film won a number of awards including the Prize for Excellence
at YIDFF '93. Has worked in numerous fields such as editing and production
for film and TV and organizing film festivals.
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This film, about seven artists with disabilities, reveals how appealing
art can be born from unusual asocial values. Director Sato Makoto's
mobile style turns a difficult and serious theme into a genial and
interesting piece. This shows his distinct eye for film, a quality
that gives the work a refreshing touch.
- Masuya Shuichi
Director's
Statement
I did not make this film to show the relationship between art and
mental disability but rather because I thought I'd like to use the
works of so-called mentally disabled people to think about the very
essence of art. In the world of art, common sense is the way to ordinary
boredom. Rather, to the degree one "negates" common sense,
that is the nature of better art. It is overturning this value that
is exciting and interesting. Therefore, I submit the common sensical
notion of beauty to a disruptive blade, and if I am not careful, it
will be my own common sense and my entire self that will be shredded
by that blade.
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