Why

Directed by Keiichi Tanaami

1975

A boxing ring turns into a stage for abstract animation where the punches thrown in the match and the halftone dots in reprographics gradually become indistinguishable. Tanaami shot a boxing match on a Motordrive camera, made two thousand offset prints, and rephotographed each of them. He explains his inspiration for the work being the experience of watching a boxing match on television but finding the newspaper print the next morning better capturing the exhilaration of the sport.

Released
1 Jan 1975
Runtime
10 min
Also known as
何故
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Cinematography
Tadashi Endo
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