The Song of Stone(1963)

Name: The Song of Stone
Director: Toshio Matsumoto
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1963-01-01
Duration: 24 min

While extracting and polishing their blocks of stone, stonecutters used to say “the stone is coming to life". This paradox provided Matsumoto with the best metaphor for what making a film is all about. In his opinion, filmmakers work images in the same way that stonecutters work stones.