Vincent (film)

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Movie
Original title Vincent
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1982
length 6 minutes
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Director Tim Burton
script Tim Burton
production Rick Heinrichs
music Ken Hilton
camera Victor Abdalov
occupation

Vincent is a roughly six-minute short film by the American director Tim Burton . The film was made in 1982 and was shot using stop-motion technology. In the English original, the text of the film, which consists only of verses, is spoken by Vincent Price .

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Seven-year-old Vincent Malloy doesn't spend his time playing outside like the other children. He isolates himself at home, painting and reading books like Edgar Allan Poe's . Vincent indulges in macabre daydreams, for example the illusion of being the actor Vincent Price (or one of the characters he plays) , who became famous through roles in horror films . After all, he thinks he's a depressed artist who has lost his lover. In the end, Vincent lies tormented in the dark and believes himself dead, a homage to Poe's poem The Raven .

Emergence

After graduating from college in 1979, Tim Burton started working for Walt Disney Productions . He didn't feel comfortable there, however, because his style was very different from that of the other animation artists employed there and his work was not used. When he finally came up with the idea for Vincent , a story based on a self-written poem, Walt Disney Productions asked Vincent Price if he would take over the narration. When Price agreed, Walt Disney Productions made the production of the film possible.

The film was made using 2D and puppet animation techniques. Stephen Chiodo acted as the leading animator .

Awards

The film won the audience award at the 1984 Ottawa International Animation Festival .

See also

  • Destino , surreal short film created by Salvador Dali and Walt Disney

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