Karma
カルマ
Synopsis
Aihara's 1977 experimental short Karma uses hand-drawn water motifs evolving from specks to bubbles to rivulets, shot on 16mm with blue filter.
"In his early experimental short Karma (カルマ, 1977), Aihara uses water as his central motif. The film is hand drawn and appears to be shot on 16mm using a blue filter. At first we can only see tiny specks on the screen, coming and going like snow flurries. The specks gradually grow larger and take the shape of bubbles, then even larger into rivulets of water on a transparent surface." (Source: Nishikata Film Review)
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