This remarkable compilation follows an exchange of video letters, which took place between Shuji Terayama and Shuntaro Tanikawa in the months immediately preceding Terayama's death. You can think of it as a home video produced by two preeminent poets and interlayed with highly abstract philosophizing, slightly aberrant behavior and occasionally flamboyant visuals.

As a family goes on with their day, the shadows on their walls lead a completely different life.

1974 film by Shūji Terayama

1971 film by Shūji Terayama

寺山修司是一个跨界奇人，既是优秀的电影导演、演员，也是杰出的诗人、评论家和戏剧家。他执导的《再见箱舟》《死者田园祭》被列为电影旬报年度十佳影片，并获戛纳电影节金棕榈奖提名；他创作的《草迷宫》《狂人教育》等成为日本前卫戏剧的代表作品。
本书中寺山修司攫取生活的每个片段，将强烈的个人风格和天马行空的思路灌注于字里行间。他以狷狂不羁的才华、风格另类的作品俘获了包括岩井俊二、森山大道、安藤忠雄等在内的无数人。