Video Log: Hiroshi Harada's Pre-Midori Super 8MM Films

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"Video Log: Hiroshi Harada's Pre-Midori Super 8MM Films" (Watch on YouTube)

Here in this video you can see me excitedly mumble about a compact disc with some sheets of paper. I bought said compact disc and sheets of paper hoping to support Hiroshi Harada as he continues production of his latest films, The Karakuri and Horizon Blue. As established in prior videos, I'm a diehard fan of the films of Japanese underground animator Hiroshi Harada. I've been practically obsessed with his style and body of work since I first saw Midori partly on accident while trying to find info on The Day The Clown Cried. It was pretty intense and creepy for me that first time I saw it, but since then it quickly grew on me, and now I see it as one of my personal influences as an artist and filmmaker.

And yes, that is a pillow stitched to look like a dead rat. I found it at that one Swedish supermarket everyone gets their shelves from. No clue if they're still selling those pillows. They sold dead flattened cat shaped pillows too.