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The End of the World in Four Seasons

1995 12 min
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Animator Paul Driessen sets eight interlocking tales to the music of Vivaldi's Four Seasons in this animated short. Toying with traditional storytelling structures, Driessen allows his stories to unfold simultaneously in eight different windows on screen. Like Vivaldi, he uses the seasons to delineate the work.

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Animator Paul Driessen sets eight interlocking tales to the music of Vivaldi's Four Seasons in this animated short. Toying with traditional storytelling structures, Driessen allows his stories to unfold simultaneously in eight different windows on screen. Like Vivaldi, he uses the seasons to delineate the work.
  • director
    Paul Driessen
  • animation
    Paul Driessen
  • producer
    Marcy Page
  • executive producer
    Barrie McLean
  • computer imagery
    Marie Renaud
  • sound
    Normand Roger

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