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There's no denying that Aleksandr Petrov has his very own style of animation. And maybe this uniqueness was it what led him to Glory around the turn of the 21st century. His 20-minute long interpretation of the Hemingway story "The Old Man and the Sea" is a thing of beauty and you could probably take any random shot from the film, print an enlarged version of it and hang it into your living room. The film looks definitely much older than 1999 and meets the truest definition of motion picture as it's clearly an art in progress, like a work that consists of many beautiful paintings.
I won't go into much detail about the story. It's an interesting one with many clever symbolisms, but it doesn't really hold a candle to the visual side. A must-see for animation lovers and a good time for everybody else as well. I wonder if Petrov will ever do a full feature film. Probably not looking too good as he only made one other film after "The Old Man and the Sea" and this was already roughly six years ago as well. Also, it's been almost 15 years since this was made and I believe this is the most recent version of the tale put on screen, so we may be in for a new one soon as well, hopefully as good as this one.
score 6/10
Horst_In_Translation 28 September 2013
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