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I stumbled across this amazing short animated film from 1955 on the BFI website (educational facilities have a licence to watch clips).
Essentially it is all done with silhouettes and depicts 13 Cantos from Dante's Inferno. I was showing it to some sixth formers(we're studying Blake and wanted to know about soem of his sources) and the jaded patina lifted from them as they watched - they pointed out the Tim Burton like qualities but also drew attention to the loving detail and genuine sense of delicacy and beauty of the animation process.
It was made for the BFI by something called its 'Experimental' Department and has a very striking, expressionist approach.
They asked me to find out more about the film, and the process by which it was made. I said i didn't know anything else but would know somewhere i might ask...
Anyone know anymore about it?
Essentially it is all done with silhouettes and depicts 13 Cantos from Dante's Inferno. I was showing it to some sixth formers(we're studying Blake and wanted to know about soem of his sources) and the jaded patina lifted from them as they watched - they pointed out the Tim Burton like qualities but also drew attention to the loving detail and genuine sense of delicacy and beauty of the animation process.
It was made for the BFI by something called its 'Experimental' Department and has a very striking, expressionist approach.
They asked me to find out more about the film, and the process by which it was made. I said i didn't know anything else but would know somewhere i might ask...
Anyone know anymore about it?