The Calligrapher

6.4 / 10

(11 votes)

With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink, thinks, then draws a straight line down the page in front of him, out of which sprout six more quill pens, each held by a hand. The calligrapher moves all the hands and pens in unison, drawing an elaborate feathered wing, which comes to live, peeling off the page, and, now a quill pen, slips in to his hand. He tucks it behind his left ear.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Animation

Duration:

1 minutes

Year:

1991

Director:

Stephen Quay

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Company:

BBC

Cast:
Crew:
Stephen Quay

Director

Timothy Quay

Director

Timothy Quay

Animation

Keith Griffiths

Producer

Olga Neuwirth

Music