The Song of Stone

Name: The Song of Stone
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1963-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 24 min
Rating: 6.5

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.