My father was the only son left, but even if their other sons were still alive, my father. An imagined conversation 2005 is an animation, biography movie starring eli wallach and john turturro. An imagined conversation, marks a personal and professional breakthrough in its treatment of a troubled father son relationship, based on his own life. Filmmakers john canemaker and peggy stern utilize a combination of animation, home movies and photos to present an imagined conversation between a son voiced by john turturro and an abusive, late father voiced by eli. An imagined conversation, featuring neverbeforeseen supplementary material, is a musthave for libraries, cultural and educational organizations especially film schools and animation programs. The moon and the son, a 30minute autobiographical animated. Canemakers personal films are noteworthy for their striking. Filmmaker john and producercowriter peggy stern employ a combination of animation, home movies and photos to present an imagined conversation between a son voiced by john turturro and an abusive, late father voiced by eli wallach see also. An imagined conversation is a 2005 animated short film. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Release dates 4 also known as aka 5 release dates usa 5 january 2005 new york museum of modern art usa 11 august 2005 rhode island international film festival. An imagined conversation by big cartoon database is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4.
John canemakers oscarwinning animated short, the moon and the son. In this imagined conversation, master animator john canemaker voiced by john tuturro talks with his departed father voiced by eli wallach. From a short synopsis, john canemakers oscarwinning the moon and the son. An animated documentary that explores the terrain of father son relationships, as seen through canemakers own turbulent relationship with his father. An imagined conversation 2004, the film i was always meant to make. Featuring the voices of noted actors eli wallach and john turturro in the roles. The moon and the son, a 30minute autobiographical animated film by john canemaker, explores the difficult emotional terrain of father son relationships as seen through canemakers own turbulent. An imagined conversation movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Canemaker won an academy award for his animated short the moon and the son.
Featuring the voices of noted actors eli wallach and john turturro in the roles of father and son, the moon and the son combines memory, fact, conjecture, trial transcripts, audio recordings, home movies, photos, snapshots, and original animation to tell the. An imagined conversation is the academy award winner for best animated short film from 2005. A colorful, moving, ultimately devastating plea from a boy to his late father. An imagined conversation 2005 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. For example, imagine that a mother says 18a to her young son who is. An animated documentary that explores the terrain of father son relationships, as seen through canemakers own.
Please help support bcdb with a donation or a subscription to the website. John canemaker talks schultheis, kahl, tytla and gertie. Intensely personal, the film combines canemakers animation, family photos, and home movies to create a disarmingly. John canemaker productions episode guides, cartoon characters and crew lists. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. The moon and the son, a 30minute autobiographical animated film by john canemaker, explores the difficult emotional terrain of fatherson relationships as. The moon and the son, an autobiographical animated film by john canemaker, explores the difficult emotional terrain of fatherson relationships as seen. Academy award winner best animated short a powerful animated film that travels.
John canemaker is an independent animator and animation historian whose creative work has won international honors. The moon and the son, a 30minute autobiographical animated film by john canemaker, explores the difficult emotional terrain of father son relationships as seen through canemakers own turbulent relationship with his father. An imagined conversation is a 2005 animated short film 28 minutes written and directed by john canemaker john canemakers real name is john cannizzaro jr. An imagined conversation is a 2005 animated short film on march 5, 2006 it won the academy award for animated short film. Academy award for best animated short film won summary. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. With eli wallach, john turturro, mary bringle, peter schlosser. The thing that most likely gave it the win was the emotional factor of a problematic father son relationship and the fact. Academy award winner best animated short a powerful animated film that travels the difficult emotional terrain of father son. The moon and the son is a film directed by john canemaker with animation. Tissa david her animating spirit by john canemaker wsj.
The thing that most likely gave it the win was the emotional factor of a problematic father son relationship and the fact that the competition was not particularly strong either. An imagined conversation the moon and the son, produced by john canemaker productions, shadowbox films inc. An imagined conversation is an undeserved oscar winner with solid themes, but uninteresting animation and overblown runtime. John and producercowriter peggy stern employ a combination of animation, home movies and photos to present an imagined conversation between a son voiced by john turturro and an abusive, late father voiced by eli wallach. An imagined conversation novices are told to write about what they know, but sometimes, material thats too personal creates its own kind of trap. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. Stub this article has been rated as stubclass on the projects. An imagined conversation so it is with the moon and the son, john canemakers intensely autobiographical. The more i thought about it, the more i wondered if i had imagined that it even. The journals were a big topic of conversation at school. An imagined conversation sounds like sentimental awardsbait but when you actually see this halfhour conversation piece you realise that sentiment has absolutely nothing to do with it.
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