I think it's important to watch both the '72 and '79 releases. Regardless of the different cuts and soundtracks, it's still so easy to fall in love with this film!
After so many bad short films, this is a delight to watch, really impressed it was filmed in 1950. Was this the inspiration behind some music video in the 1980s, it looks familiar, but I cannot bring it to mind?
"A Japanese fairy tale meets commedia dell'Arte. All in white, the naïf Pierrot lies in a wood. Doo-wop music plays as he rises, stares about, and reaches for the moon. Although music abounds and the children of the wood are there at play, Pierrot is melancholy and alone. Harlequin appears, brimming with confidence and energy. He conjures the lovely Colombina. Pierrot is dazzled. But can the course of true love run smooth?"
Found only a version on YouTube with soundtrack "Goodbye Horses" by Q. Lazzarus - amazing result, fits perfect!
5/10
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fragilelabyrinth
I think it's important to watch both the '72 and '79 releases. Regardless of the different cuts and soundtracks, it's still so easy to fall in love with this film!Hunziker
https://vimeo.com/59833921'72 release, slightly better quality.
criscoJovan
It was filmed in 1950, released in '72, then re-released in '79 re-edited with a new soundtrack.
gfpinnock
After so many bad short films, this is a delight to watch, really impressed it was filmed in 1950. Was this the inspiration behind some music video in the 1980s, it looks familiar, but I cannot bring it to mind?wowwee123
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIyxIhpLGQkevildeadthing
Loved the 7-minute cut. Come at me purists.Joris B.
Isn't this from 1979?jamie_atp
yes the re-edit pales in comparison to the original by a huge amountJumping Elephant
the director's cut is actually worse imoEmiam
72 and 79??It's from 1950!
"A Japanese fairy tale meets commedia dell'Arte. All in white, the naïf Pierrot lies in a wood. Doo-wop music plays as he rises, stares about, and reaches for the moon. Although music abounds and the children of the wood are there at play, Pierrot is melancholy and alone. Harlequin appears, brimming with confidence and energy. He conjures the lovely Colombina. Pierrot is dazzled. But can the course of true love run smooth?"
Found only a version on YouTube with soundtrack "Goodbye Horses" by Q. Lazzarus - amazing result, fits perfect!
5/10
moontopmountain
Gorgeous lighting on this one, very pretty short.