Name: The Man with the Beautiful Eyes
Genre: Animation, Drama, Short
Released: 2000-10-17
Duration: 5 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Peter Blegvad, Louis Schendler

Engagingly poetic and very nicely animated

A group of boys are told by their parents not to go near the old house near their own, which of course only encourages them to do so. They go up there frequently but decide it is empty as they never see nor hear anyone up there. One day a man comes out with a cigar and whiskey – a man who at once appears strong and manly to the boys, with blazingly beautiful eyes.

Delivered with a nicely laconic voice, this poem speaks to the impact of small things on children as they develop. In one small interaction here it seems the boys cannot see the man for who he is but rather extend their feelings of control from their parents and the "ordinariness" of them onto this guy. The contrast is nicely conveyed in the spoken word and I found the poem engaging for how well it delivered this sense. The animation around this is well crafted with images that look good and have warmth to them as they move from memory to typeface on the screen.

It is a slight piece and the wider conclusions of the ending I am not sure, but there is a beauty here, of a strong memory that shaped and stayed.

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