Masquerade

Masquerade (1981)

01/01/1981
Animation
5m

Overview

For the first time I am animating hand-painted engraved cut-outs on a full-color background. The film is mood-filled: A duel scene in a snowy forest, obviously the morning after a masquerade ball. Harlequin lies dying, while Red Indian walks away with the wings of victory. The woman between them appears, cat-masked. The mask dissolves away. Her spirit passes into the face of the sun upon the sun upon the sun flower. But Harlequin cannot escape death. The blue world engulfs him.

  • Lawrence JordanDirector
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • surrealism
  • collage
  • avant-garde
  • short film