Four films by Takahiko Iimura: MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-Ji (1989), The Making of in Ryoan-ji (1989), MA: The Stones Have Moved (2003-4) and MA (intervals) (1975~77). A Japanese concept of MA was not so familiar to me. The meaning of MA was not clear, yet we could use it in many situations. It was, indeed, a very mysterious word. Frankly to say, it was too Japanese to handle it. However, in 1970s, I found an interest in the concept of MA, when I thought a lot on time in film. Because the time in film was considered as a duration of time rather than a clock time of N+1. It is a kind of duration that Henri Bergson called "duree". This concept was a starting point in the film-making. (T.I.)

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