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A smile dies in slow motion. That's it. That's the whole film. Obsessed.
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Disappearing Music for Face (1966)

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Overview

A smile gradually fades into a neutral facial expression.

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short filmsmileslow motionfluxus

Standout Aspects

Direction

Shiomi weaponizes boredom into something almost spiritual.

Editing

Every frame of smile-death matters. Brutal minimalism.

Best for:Solo: Stare at a stranger's face dissolving for 11 minutes alone.·Background: Weird ambient presence while you doomscroll.
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Director

Mieko Shiomi

ReleasedMar 9, 1966
Runtime11m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitylow
Tonemixed
Feelmedium

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Cultural

Fluxus artists like Shiomi treated everyday actions as radical events, predicating performance art and TikTok's entire 'doing mundane things intensely' aesthetic by decades.

Insight

The title's 'music' refers to the Fluxus obsession with scoring invisible events — your patience is the instrument being played.

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