Movie: Photodiary

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    "The majority of my 8-mm works were made for the three-minute "Personal Focus" film special put on in Fukuoka. This film is an animation of photographs I had taken on a regular basis as a sort of diary, and was made to have a rough feel to it." - Takashi Ito

  • Release Date

    1986-07-26

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    4.7

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    2.4 starts
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