White Elephant(1981)
animation short
Short animated film by Tadanari Okamoto
Movie: White Elephant
白い象
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Short animated film by Tadanari Okamoto
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1981-01-01
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I try to set this work – a film using texts, or a film-book – between watching and reading. This film is dedicated to J.L. Borges, a great artist, who had translated The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde at his early childhood, became one of the greatest writers of the 20th century and continued to publish the works by dictation even after losing his eyesight.
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