- Paperback: 148 pages
- Publisher: Indiana University Press (August 17, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0253218381
- ISBN-13: 978-0253218384
Widely acclaimed as the best animated film of all time, Tale of Tales is
a poetic amalgam of Yuri Norstein's memories of his past and hopes and
fears for the future: his post-war childhood, remnants of the personal
tragedies of war, the little wolf character in the lullaby his mother
used to sing, the neighbors in his crowded communal flat, the tango
played in the park on summer evenings, and the small working-class boy's
longing to emerge from the dark central corridor of the kommunalka into
a luminous world of art and poetry. In Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales:
An Animator's Journey, Clare Kitson examines the passage of these
motifs into the film and delves into later influences that also affected
its genesis. More than merely a study of one animated film or a
biography of its creator, Kitson's investigation encompasses the Soviet
culture from which this landmark film emerged and sheds light on
creative influences that shaped the work of this acclaimed filmmaker.
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