The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
- Original title
- Старик и море
- Directed by
- Aleksandr Petrov
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Russia, Japan, Canada
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Rated
- 0+
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 169 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
An old fisherman in Cuba struggles to haul in a giant marlin he hooked far out at sea. Alone on his small boat, he fights the fish and then the sharks that come to take it.
painterlymeditativeisolatedmelancholicserenevisually lushslow-burnquiet
What happens
The Old Man and the Sea (Russian: Старик и море) is a 1999 paint-on-glass-animated short film directed by Russian animator Aleksandr Petrov, based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film won many awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Work on the film took place in Montreal over a period of two and a half years and was funded by an assortment of Russian, Canadian and Japanese companies. French and English-language soundtracks to the film were released concurrently. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Last Call for Cuba (1999)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.