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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
In this Borgesian satire on knowledge and technology, bibliophilic desire leads to the construction of a pedal-powered reading machine. Resembling a combination of gymnastic contraption, printing press and early cinematic apparatus, the machine’s purpose remains ambiguous.
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Audiences 63GoodWatch 45
IMDb6.3
Released
1977
December 11, 1977
49 years ago
Language
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Directing · 1
- Shūji Terayama Director, Screenplay
Production · 1
- Eiko Kujo Producer
Sound · 1
- J.A. Seazer Music