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Children Who Draw

Children Who Draw

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 18, 1956

Runtime

0h 38m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

53%

Original Title

絵を描く子どもたち

Production Companies

Iwanami Productions

Director

Susumu Hani

Description

Children Who Draw explores the delicate chemistry of school children interacting in an art class through a constant juxtaposition of observational black-and-white portraits of the young children with lyrical passages shot in vivid color exploring their imaginative and expressive paintings. Experimenting with color as an intimate expression of the children’s inner worlds, a tool for deeper psychological investigation, Hani allows his camera to roam freely across the drawings, “de-framing’” and enagaging the artwork in a manner reminiscent of Alain Resnais.