PULLING STRINGS
STORY: SVETLANA KIRICHENKO | PHOTOS: COURTESY OF FILM CREW
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he films open and end with puppets on the screen. Acting just like humans and encouraging viewers’ imagination and playful fantasies, they bring ordinary stories to life.
The film is based on Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal’s
This is the work of director Genevieve Anderson.
I really needed to make a short version first to figure
Her films do not feature actors; instead, she works exclusively with puppets. Their facial expressions and gestures, all shown in detail, add a little bit of magic to every story that Anderson tells. And they will be in the spotlight once again in her new feature film, “Too Loud a Solitude.”
1976 novel of the same name. Anderson already made a short (17-minute) film version in 2007, which she is now expanding to full feature length. “We always wanted to make a feature,” she says. “But out what has to be changed for the feature version.” “Too Loud a Solitude” is a special story for Anderson. She received a copy of the book from a friend years ago and was amazed by Hrabal’s sensual language. “He is able to express what it feels like to read a
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