Extremely Beautiful Landscapes
MovieTitle | きわめてよいふうけい |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Jun 5, 2004 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Takashi Homma |
Production country | Japan |
Run time | 43 min. |
In the late 1960s, photographer Takuma Nakahira published the legendary photography magazine Provoke with Daido Moriyama. With this edgy writings and photographs, Nakahira rejected preexisting photographic expression. In 1977, an alcohol-induced coma resulted in a permanent partial memory loss. In the following years, with gradual recovery, Nakahira started photographing stray cats, homeless, and thatched roofs in the neighborhood near his home in a monomaniac manner. This is documentary is a portrait of the Nakahira's daily life. Directed by photographer Takashi Homma.