Everything Visible Is Empty [色即是空]

Release Year
1975
Runtime
8m
Genres
Animation
Directed By
Toshio Matsumoto
Everything Visible Is Empty

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)

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