Everything Visible Is Empty
MovieTitle | 色即是空 |
User score | 7.8 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1975 |
Genre | Animation |
Director | Toshio Matsumoto |
Production country | Japan |
Run time | 8 min. |
There's more to picture than meets the eye in this journey into oriental metaphysical imagery. Starting (in a very Christian manner) with the Word, the film draws an explosion of visible forms, as if a sign of the shattering of shapes in the mundane world. But time is cyclical, of course, and what was once a multitude of sensible realities must eventually return to the Word and, finally, to sheer Color. (Sound of Eye)