SODA, Kazuhiro; GRASSELLI, Silvio (ed.)
Why I Make Documentaries. On Observational Filmmaking

“What is a documentary?” “Why do I make documentaries?”. Soda Kazuhiro – one of the most prominent Japanese filmmakers, who has based his documentarist career on a radically independent filmmaking method, – writes this reflexive diary on his own work pursuing to find answers to these and to other crucial questions that arose along his long path of research. This first curated English version of his most enlightening and complete text has been enriched with a brand new iconographic apparatus from Soda Kazuhiro’s movies and a new updated introduction by the author himself. [publishers’ note]

Translated by Matt Schley.

Published by Viaindustriae publishing, 2023
Design by Roberto Capozucca / Studio Viaindustriae
Artists' Writings / Film & Video