Blue Beard (1936)
- Original title
- Barbe-Bleue
- Directed by
- René Bertrand-Boutée, Jean Painlevé
- Genre
- cinematic fairy tale
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a short stop-motion animation film made from modeling clay. It was created over three years by a sculptor and his family, using pioneering color animation techniques. It adapts the classic fairy tale about a wealthy man with a blue beard who tests his new wife's obedience.
quirkyexperimentalwhimsicalplayfulhistoricalhandcraftedcolorfulslow-paced
What happens
Barbe Bleue est un court métrage d'animation en volume, animation de pâte à modeler. Produit par Jean Painlevé , sorti en 1936, et réalisé par le sculpteur René Bertrand ainsi que par sa famille (femme et enfants). Le tournage dura trois ans et permit de perfectionner les techniques d'animation. C'est le premier film d'animation en pâte à modeler (plastiline) et en couleur (procédé Gasparcolor, mis au point par un chimiste hongrois). Jean Painlevé "s'amuse" avec sa bande de copains, musicien et sculpteur, pendant des mois de tournage et trois ans de recherche sur les nouvelles techniques d'animation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Quartet (1936)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.