The Calligrapher
The Calligrapher

The Calligrapher (1991)

PG-131/1/1991Animation0h 1m
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Overview

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.

Timothy Quay

Director

Keith Griffiths

Producer

Olga Neuwirth

Composer