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Grim

1985 · 8 min Animation
6.8 / 10 · TMDB

"With this work, I developed/fleshed out the idea I had when making GHOST of peeling only the skin from various objects in the room, floating the skins in midair and then sticking them on different objects. This film was also shot entirely frame-by-frame with long-exposures. Along with GRIM, its meaning is 'as if to do forever.'" - Takashi Ito

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Year 1985
Country Japan
Genre Animation
Director Takashi Ito
Runtime 8 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.8/10 (15 votes)

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Takashi Ito constructs the film around a single, potent visual metaphor: the peeling skin of objects. He explores the tactile unease of this transformation, relying on the rhythmic, frame-by-frame ritual to dissolve the solidity of the familiar. The animation feels less like movement and more like a haunting, perpetual becoming.

What lingers after viewing is a profound sense of material fragility, a ghostly residue on the surfaces of your own reality. The room you return to will feel momentarily unskinned, vibrating with latent potential. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Takashi Ito

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