A jazz song became a film. Your brain will need a cigarette after.
A work that spun a story inspired by the world view of the song "You Named Me Blue" by jazz singer Yurifa Matsumoto. A short film that you want to see with your right brain, like watching a painting in a museum.
Cinematography
Every frame could hang in a gallery. Seriously, museum-quality visuals.
Score
Yurifa Matsumoto's voice is the entire narrative backbone.
Direction
Makabe translates music to image like synesthesia on screen.
Director
Yukinori Makabe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yurifa Matsumoto is a revered figure in Japanese jazz; this film extends her artistic legacy into cinema, rare for musicians of her generation.
Director Yukinori Makabe reportedly storyboarded entire sequences while listening to the song on loop for three days straight.
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