The Man with the Beautiful Eyes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Man with the Beautiful Eyes |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 6 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jonathan Hodgson |
| script | Charles Bukowski (poem) |
| production | Jonathan Bairstow |
| camera | Peter Tupy |
The Man with the Beautiful Eyes is a 1999 British animated short film directed by Jonathan Hodgson .
action
Despite their parents' ban, four boys play on an overgrown property. It is overgrown with bamboo, has a pond with goldfish and a house whose shutters are always closed. One day, while the boys were at the house, an unshaven man with a cigarette and a whiskey bottle emerges from the house, but his eyes are beautiful and bright. He greets the children and disappears inside again. The children believe that their parents did not want them to see a maladjusted man. Some time later, the boys want to return to the property. But the house burned down, the goldfish pond is without water and the fish are dead. The bamboo is also burned. The children believe that the parents are responsible for the fires because they wanted to get rid of the man. They fear that in the future too, beauty and strength will be removed in this way.
production
The Man with the Beautiful Eyes is based on Charles Bukowski's poem of the same name from 1992, which is read by a narrator. Director Jonathan Hodgson worked closely with illustrator Jonny Hannah to transform the poem into animation . The animation was created in color on paper and on cels . The film ran on Channel 4 , among others, on whose behalf it was produced.
Awards
The Man with the Beautiful Eyes won the 2000 BAFTA in the Best Animated Short Film category . At the Dresden Film Festival in 2000 he received the main prize for the best animated film. In 2000 he was also nominated for the Cartoon d'Or of the European Cartoon Forum.
Web links
- The Man with the Beautiful Eyes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Fresh from the Festivals on awn.com ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
