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The Reading Machine

The Reading Machine

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📜 Overview: 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. And like this machine, Terayama’s film connects his work in poetry, motion picture and graphic design by weaving together printed and projected, still and moving images.
🌏 Languages Available: No Language
📆 Date Released: 1977-12-11
⌚ Running Time: 22 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 3.0

Beloved Cast

Momo Yaguchi original image
Momo Yaguchi
Takeshi Wakamatsu original image
Takeshi Wakamatsu
Keiko Niitaka original image
Keiko Niitaka
Toshihiko Hino original image
Toshihiko Hino

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