In 1914, the Czech architect Jan Letzel designed in the Japanese city of Hiroshima Center for the World Expo, which has turned into ruins after the atomic bombing in August 1945. “Atomic Dome” – all that remains of the destroyed palace of the exhibition – has become part of the Hiroshima memorial. In 2007, French sculptor, painter and film director Jean-Gabriel Périot assembled this cinematic collage from hundreds of multi-format, color and black and white photographs of different years’ of “Genbaku Dome”.
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Stars:
Crew: Jean-Gabriel Périot (Director), Jean-Gabriel Périot (Editor), Jean-Gabriel Périot (Director of Photography), Jean-Gabriel Périot (Screenplay), Frédéric Dubreuil (Producer), Laure Arto (Sound Mixer)
Country: France
Language: Français
Studio: Jean-Gabriel Périot
Runtime: 11 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 11, 2007
IMDb: 3.7
Keywords:japan, atomic bomb, photography, world war ii, architect, artist, war memorial, collage, hiroshima, japan, sculptor, catastrophe, short film
