The Song of Stone

• Movies
• 1963-02-01
• JA
• Released
• 0h 24m
• Documentary

• 6.5
• 6

Storyline

While extracting and polishing their blocks of stone, stonecutters used to say “the stone is coming to life". This paradox provided Matsumoto with the best metaphor for what making a film is all about. In his opinion, filmmakers work images in the same way that stonecutters work stones.