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.

• DirectorToshio Matsumoto
• Release1 February 1963
• GenreDocumentary
• Duration0h 24m
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