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Each edition of the five-part Art on Film/Film on Art anthology explores a single theme in the creation of art using the medium of film. Each volume includes three short productions commissioned by the Program for Art on Film as well as insightful commentary and conversations from film experts and expert filmmakers. Balance: Film/Art examines the process and difficulties inherent in the making of a film about a work of art. Included in this edition: The Fayum Portraits by Bob Rosen, Andrea Simon, and Richard Brilliant; 1867 by Ken McMullen and Michael Wilson; and Ma: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoanji by Taka Limura and Arata Isozaki.