An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man (1978)

Using bluescreen video techniques, Terayama playfully—and with a silent film theatricality—posits a series of postmodern vignettes featuring realities-within-realities as his protagonist attempts some kind of relationship with a nude woman on the screen-within-the-screen. In his struggles to “free” her, he exposes the absurd flimsiness, deceptiveness and mutability of both the cinema experience and our human dimension.

• Release Date: 1978-02-02
• Runtime: 0h 19min
• Production Company: Tenjo Sajiki
• Production Country: Japan
• Director: Shūji Terayama
• Writers: Shūji Terayama, Rio Kishida.