Friday, October 3, 2008

Feeling from Mountain and Water

Feeling from Mountain and Water is a short film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio under the master animator Te Wei. It is also referred to as ''"Love of Mountain and River"'', ''"Feelings of Mountains and Waters"''.

Background


The film did not contain any dialogues allowing it to be watched by any culture. The only noises are that of the sound of the wind or other earthly elements. The film is considered a masterpiece at the artistic level, since it was essentially a landscape painting in motion. Artistically, it uses a Shan shui painting style through out.

Story


The story is about an impoverished elderly scholar and a young girl who cares for him briefly in return for guqin lessons.

Awards


* Won the Best animated film prize at the Golden Rooster Awards in 1989.

1 comment:

Stephen said...

Thank you for introducing me to this lovely animation. I was looking around the internet for Chinese animation and stumbled across your site.