Parallel
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"Two vertical parallel lines – one photographed, the other scratched into d ark leader – are presented in a variety of configurations which dramatize what Iimura sees as the fundamental disparity between the totemic tendencies o f photographic illusionism (the photographic line is monolithical formal an d still) and somehow more personal, more human tendencies of the direct manipulation of film as a plastic material (the scratched line is consistently 'a live', consistently moving and changing). –Scott MacDonald, Afterimage, April 1978 "Iimura's two straight lines, and his two mutually generating and canceling frames, are the best metaphor to approach his film art. Actually, this is al ways lying on a tightrope between physical and abstract, historical surrealism re-elaborated through an exquisitely Eastern sensibility and typically American underground structuralism, which Iimura felt so akin to his own concerns." – Bruno Di Marino, From "Time" to "See You", catalog of Takahiko Iimura, Istituto Giapponese di Cultura, Rome, 1977
Films
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Early Film Poems
Takahiko Iimurasound, 44 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Ai (Love)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Iro (Colors)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Kuzu (Junk)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
On Eye Rape
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Screen Play
Takahiko Iimuracolor, sound, 10 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Desade
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Sakasama (Upside Down)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Rose Color Dance
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Onan
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Anma (The Massure)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental formats: 16mm, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
A Dance Party in the Kingdom of Lilliput No. 1
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 14 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Eye For Eye, Ear for Ear
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 25 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
I Saw the Shadow
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Taka and Ako
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Experiments in New York
Takahiko IimuraDVD, color and b/w, sound, 29 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Writing With Light: White Calligraphy
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, soundRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
White Calligraphy
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 18.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
New York Scene
Takahiko Iimura16mm, silent, 35 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Summer, Happenings, U. S. A.
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 28 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Face
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 20.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
For Filmic Meditation
Takahiko Iimuracolor and b/w, sound, 42 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Filmmakers
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 30 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC, VHS NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Film Strips II
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 13.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Buddha Again (a. k. a. Cosmic Buddha)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 16.25 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
A Chair & Blinking
Takahiko IimuraDVD (NTSC), black and white, sound, 8 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Kiri (Fog)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Film Strips I
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, silent, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Takahiko IimuraDVD, color, sound, 18 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Shutter
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 25 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
The Pacific Ocean
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, silent, 30 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
In The River
Takahiko Iimura16mm, color, sound, 19.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Performance/Myself (Or Video Identity)
Takahiko Iimuracolor and b/w, sound, 29 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
On Duration in Film
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 39 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Models: A-2: Timing 1, 2, 3, 4
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Models: B-4: Seeing, Not Seeing
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 4 minRental formats: 16mm, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Japanese Experimental Films - 1970s
Takahiko Iimuracolor and b/w, sound, 64 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Models: A-3: Time Length 1,2,3,4
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 12 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Models: A-4: Timed 1,2,3
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 7.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Models: B-1: Counting, 100 Or X's
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Models: B-2: A Line 1, 2, 3
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 9.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Models: B-3: To See the Frame, Not to See the Frame
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Models: A-1: 2 Min. 46 Sec. 16 Frames
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 9 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
1 To 60 Seconds
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 30.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
+ & - (Plus and Minus)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 26 min - Read MoreExperimental
On Time In Film/DVD
Takahiko Iimurablack and white, sound, 33 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
24 Frames Per Second (Revised)
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 12 min - Read MoreExperimental
24 Frames Per Second
Takahiko Iimura16mm, black and white, sound, 10.5 min