The Calligrapher

Released on
Animation
Runtime
1 mins
(11 votes)

With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink, thinks, then draws a straight line down the page in front of him, out of which sprout six more quill pens, each held by a hand. The calligrapher moves all the hands and pens in unison, drawing an elaborate feathered wing, which comes to live, peeling off the page, and, now a quill pen, slips in to his hand. He tucks it behind his left ear.

Cast

    Director

    • Stephen Quay
    • Timothy Quay

    Producers

    • Keith Griffiths

    Screenwriter

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