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oapen-20.500.12657-588552022-10-15T03:25:28Z Grendel Grendel Grendel Torre, Dan Torre, Lienors Animated films Film history, theory and criticism bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AP Film, TV & radio::APF Films, cinema::APFA Film theory & criticism bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AP Film, TV & radio::APF Films, cinema::APFV Animated films bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AP Film, TV & radio::APF Films, cinema::APFN Film: styles & genres This open access study of the film Grendel Grendel Grendel, directed by Alexander Stitt, presents it as a masterpiece of animation and design which has attained a national and international cult status since its release in 1981. The film, based on the novel, Grendel, by John Gardner, is a loose adaptation of the Beowulf legend, but told from the point of view of the monster, Grendel. Grendel Grendel Grendel is a mature, intelligent, irreverent and quite unique animated film - it is a movie, both in terms of content and of an aesthetic that was well ahead of its time. Along with a brief overview of Australian animation and a contextualization of where this animated feature fits within the broader continuum of Australian (and global) film history, Dan Torre and Lienors Torre provide an intriguing analysis of this significant Australian animated feature. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. 2022-10-14T14:55:01Z 2022-10-14T14:55:01Z 2021 book ONIX_20221014_9781501337802_186 9781501337802 9781501337819 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58855 eng Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers application/pdf n/a 9781501337802.pdf Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic 10.5040/9781501337796 10.5040/9781501337796 066d8288-86e4-4745-ad2c-4fa54a6b9b7b 9781501337802 9781501337819 Bloomsbury Academic 216 New York open access
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This open access study of the film Grendel Grendel Grendel, directed by Alexander Stitt, presents it as a masterpiece of animation and design which has attained a national and international cult status since its release in 1981. The film, based on the novel, Grendel, by John Gardner, is a loose adaptation of the Beowulf legend, but told from the point of view of the monster, Grendel. Grendel Grendel Grendel is a mature, intelligent, irreverent and quite unique animated film - it is a movie, both in terms of content and of an aesthetic that was well ahead of its time. Along with a brief overview of Australian animation and a contextualization of where this animated feature fits within the broader continuum of Australian (and global) film history, Dan Torre and Lienors Torre provide an intriguing analysis of this significant Australian animated feature. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
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