I met Tomonari at SFAI when I was a Visiting Artist (MFA, SFAI, 1979) and can add only a little to Janis Crystal Lipzin’s heartfelt and personal tribute. She described him fully and intimately. I enjoyed working with him - so curious and immersed in the essence of filmmaking and willing to take light, time and motion risks. His film “Down Market Street” used the basic elements of 16mm film - 24 frames per second to make a brilliant, scintillating, and unique portrait of that time and street in San Francisco. He made me smile. Bravo, Tomonari.
I met Tomonari at SFAI when I was a Visiting Artist (MFA, SFAI, 1979) and can add only a little to Janis Crystal Lipzin’s heartfelt and personal tribute. She described him fully and intimately. I enjoyed working with him - so curious and immersed in the essence of filmmaking and willing to take light, time and motion risks. His film “Down Market Street” used the basic elements of 16mm film - 24 frames per second to make a brilliant, scintillating, and unique portrait of that time and street in San Francisco. He made me smile. Bravo, Tomonari.
Thank you so much for sharing!