Title: The Man with the Beautiful Eyes
Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds
Director: Jonathan Hodgson
Writer: Charles Bukowski
Production: Sherbet
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Synopsis
This animated adaptation of Charles Bukowski’s poem of the same name has the poem read over a fluid series of images matched to the rhythm of the words. The narrator recounts his memory of a strange house where he and his friends spent the summer playing in the bamboo-filled yard. One day a rough unshaven man appeared, his eyes ‘blazing’ with brightness. He makes a strong impression on the boys, and when the house mysteriously burns down, they speculate that their parents have done it out of spite because they were jealous and afraid of anyone who was strong and beautiful.
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Credit List
Director: Jonathan Hodgson
Producer: Jonathan Bairstow
Designer: Jonny Hannah
Funded by: Channel 4 TV
Voice over: Peter Blegvad, Louis Schendler
Sound design: Jonathan Hodgson
Producton Company: Sherbet
Animators: Jonathan Hodgson, Kitty Taylor, Lucy Hudson
Assistant Animators: Bunny Schendler, Martin Oliver
Artworkers: Mark Shepherd, Jonny Hannah
