The Miracle of Flight

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Movie
Original title The Miracle of Flight
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 1974
length 5 minutes
Rod
Director Terry Gilliam
script Terry Gilliam
production Terry Gilliam

The Miracle of Flight , also known as Miracle of Flight , is a British animated short film directed by Terry Gilliam in 1974 and commissioned by US television.

action

The speaker states that man has wanted to be able to fly since the beginning of time. In addition to observing the birds, the sound of a Boeing 707 in the sky encouraged him to do so . Attempts to imitate the birds have failed. Neither bird costume nor tars and feathers led to the ability to fly. Experimentally spread arms, which were supposed to imitate wings, only let people float briefly in the air. A king even called numerous scientists to help him solve the riddle of flight. He pushed them one by one down a high mountain, but no one could fly.

Flights with the help of birds attached to the arms failed because of old women who scattered food for the birds. It was not until the 20th century that the apparent breakthrough came with the discovery in a small town east of Miami : the flight ticket was invented and, as a result, numerous other innovations, from the airport to the flight attendant. A man checks in for a flight and goes to the hangar. Here, as the king once did, he is pushed from a high mountain. After its impact, the speaker comments that humanity has still not got it ("Nope. Still not got it.").

production

The Miracle of Flight was one of a series of short films that Terry Gilliam designed for The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine on ABC TV from 1971 . The film was implemented in the cut-out animation typical of Gilliam . The film ran among other things as a British contribution to the Festival d'Animation Annecy in 1975 and was considered to be Gilliam's longest animated film based on a fixed plot at the time.

criticism

Contemporary critics wrote that the " Python-like " absurdity of his humor and his style of animation work well together and that the film is wonderfully inappropriate. Other reviewers wrote that Gilliam took a cheeky look at man's attempts to fly in the film.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Terry Gilliam, David Sterritt, Lucille Rhodes: Terry Gilliam: Interviews . University Press of Mississippi, 2004, p. XXI.
  2. ↑ Films and filming , Volume 22. Hansom Books, 1975, p. 22.
  3. ↑ "The Pythonesque absurdity of his humor is splendidly serves by his style and the whole and the whole flm was a glorious romp". See Films and filming , Volume 22. Hansom Books, 1975, p. 22.
  4. ^ " Miracle of Flight takes a tongue-in-beak [sic!] Peek at attempts to fly" TV Guide . Triangle Publications, 1975, pp. A-27.