Thursday, October 05, 2006

Old Man And The Sea : The Most Beautiful Animation I've Ever Seen!!

I was blown away while watching Alexander Petrov's animated version of Hemingway's classic recently! Alexander Petrov did more than 29000 paintings using his fingers on glass plates with slow drying oil paints and the result is absolutely breathtaking! It undoubtedly deserved all the acclaim and awards, including the Oscar, it won. Its such a shame, an exceptional film like this, is not widely available and is extremely hard to get. Really envy all those who saw it in IMAX....Nevertheless, I got a chance to watch and own it finally!! For those who havent seen it, go buy it, rent it, borrow it...watch it anyway you can!! To me, its the most beautiful animation I've ever seen!!


Anyone interested in knowing a little more about this incredible film can checkout the AWN and BBC articles which were done at the time of its release!

6 comments:

harlequinpan said...

Thanks for introduce such a nice
animation by Alexander Petrov.i'll
try to watch it.
Have a nice weekend.

Indira said...

i totally agree jaf.mind blowing indeed

Belinha Fernandes said...

Thank you Jafar!I liked your enthusiasm.I did not saw it.But I read about it.Last weekend I saw a big fish on a magazine, a Marlin.It was caught in Algarve that is in Portugal's south sea.Big very big fish like the one in the book...The photo was amazing.But it was also sad that such a big animal like that ended head down for photographs...

SILVER KNIGHT said...

you're right, it's one of the most beautiful animated film i've ever seen. really deserves the oscar.

jesukiran said...

i really love this film,......Today i will watch again :)

Rafael Arjona said...

I hope that the movie comes soon to the Imax of Barcelona