(The Albatross)

Content: A ship sets sail on an epic voyage through malignant natural and supernatural elements from which one man alone survives. An adaptation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner illustrated by19th Century wood engravings which are animated by scratching directly into the surface of color filmstock. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with its message of ecological redemption has a curiously contemporary resonance, but it is at the level of the mythic that the poem has lasting relevance; for this epic tale of extraordinary events simply mirrors the struggle that each human being faces on their own in his or her life. -VDB

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Animation,

Drama

Runtime:

14 minutes

Year:

1998

Directors:

Paul Bush

Production companies:

Ancient Mariner Productions

Actors:

Face of the Mainlander

Crews:

Costume Design

Animation

Animation

Original Music Composer

Editor