Cannes winner “The Red Turtle” (co-produced by Studio Ghibli) is arguably the most sublime animated Oscar contender. Michael Dudok de Wit, who directed the Academy Award-winning short, “Father and Daughter,” tells a 2D cycle of life story that “uses time to relate the absence of time, like music can enhance silence.”
A man shipwrecked on a lush tropical island inhabited by crabs, turtles and birds tries to escape by building and rebuilding a raft, continually wrecked by a mysterious red turtle, which transforms into a beautiful red-headed woman who becomes his companion and soul mate. Eventually, they have a son together.
Read More: ‘The Red Turtle’ Director Reveals How He Made Studio Ghibli’s New Film With No Dialogue
“The Red Turtle,” which opens its qualifying run November 18 and bears Studio Ghibli’s strong sense of color, philosophy and symbolism, was actually animated by Prima Linea in Paris and Angouleme.
A man shipwrecked on a lush tropical island inhabited by crabs, turtles and birds tries to escape by building and rebuilding a raft, continually wrecked by a mysterious red turtle, which transforms into a beautiful red-headed woman who becomes his companion and soul mate. Eventually, they have a son together.
Read More: ‘The Red Turtle’ Director Reveals How He Made Studio Ghibli’s New Film With No Dialogue
“The Red Turtle,” which opens its qualifying run November 18 and bears Studio Ghibli’s strong sense of color, philosophy and symbolism, was actually animated by Prima Linea in Paris and Angouleme.
- 11/8/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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