“You are still thinking in terms of a life with a real face. The mask does not deceive and is not deceived. How about putting on a new mask, turning over a new leaf, and starting another life?”
(The Face of Another, Kōbō Abe)
This is my fifth post in a row on the world famous architect Arata Isozaki, and I’m still avoiding saying anything at all about his actual architecture. Reproduced here are stills from the The Face of Another (1966), the third in a series of excellent films by Hiroshi Teshigahara (after Pitfall and The Woman in the Dunes) that were based on novels by Kōbō Abe and scored by the avant-garde composer Toru Takemitsu. Isozaki designed the absurdist sets …
Posted by a 5:09 PM, October 22nd, 2011 Comments Off