FILM
Sarah Cox
AnimateTV 2001
2001
Duration: 5'32"
Algren and no De Beauvoir makes Nelson a sad boy in these letters from America. An affair to remember, with distance – initially – no object (plane mailing, in fact) in these continental correspondences: monochrome messages that style the times and texts of greats.
Credits
Director Sarah Cox
Simone de Beauvoir Julia Rayner
Director of Photography Kieran McGuigan
Animation Layla Atkinson
Editor Rod Main
Music Pierre Archimbault & Oliver Davies
Producer Daniell Susijn
Synopses
A short film based on letters written by Simone de Beauvoir.
Algren and no De Beauvoir makes Nelson a sad boy in these letters from America. An affair to remember, with distance – initially – no object (plane mailing, in fact) in these continental correspondences: monochrome messages that style the times and texts of greats.
A short film based on letters written by Simone de Beauvoir in Paris to Nelson Algren in Chicago between 1947 and 1956. The film takes five moments from their long-distance relationship and charts the emotional progression from heady excitement to cool detachment.
Technical information
The film combines black and white live action with traditional and digital animation to create five separate moods.
Full credits
Director Sarah Cox
Adapted from Lettres á Nelson Algren by Simone de Beauvoir in Beloved Chicago Man © Éditions Gallimard
Simone de Beauvoir Julia Rayner
Voiceover Nelson Algren & Mac Macdonald
Director of Photography Kieran McGuigan
Camera Operator Rory Moles
Gaffer Barry Read
Production Assistants Serena Jenks & Jamie Marshall
Animation Layla Atkinson
Graphics Shelley Pellegrin
Titles Ian Cross
Visual Effects Danny Etherington & Mark Holden
Colourist Max Horton
Rostrum Camera Nick Summers & Peter Tupy
Editor Rod Main
Music Pierre Archimbault & Oliver Davies
Sound Designers Pierre Archimbault & Oliver Davies
Post Production Julia Wigginton
Producer Daniell Susijn