Heartstrings: Ton Crone & Lei Lei
130 minutes
Ton Crone
My choice for Heartstrings was prompted by the first two films that came to mind when I got the request. The first film is Norman McLaren’s Lines Vertical. Combined with some other films from Canada, it was screened to us in secondary school one day. We never used to watch films at school, but suddenly the Canadian embassy sent us these films. To me, it was a revelation to see this Norman McLaren film. It was completely different from the things I had seen so far. From that moment, I started looking for more of the same. My film work also gave me the opportunity to see more of that. The second film I selected was one of the films with which we graced the opening of the Netherlands Institute for Animation Film in September 1993, I hadn’t seen this film yet, but Gerben Schermer recommended it. It is Hedgehog in the Fog by Yuri Norstein. This film was another key animation moment for me.
Lei Lei
Three Monks. (Chinese: San ge he shang) is a Chinese animated film produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio. I watched this film on television when I was a child. Then I drew three monks on paper with ink and my father taught me how to draw it. This work won the award for child paintings in my hometown and was published by a children’s magazine.
The Wall. Pink Floyd’s The Wall is one of the most intriguing and imaginative albums in the history of rock music. And the film is amazing. I watched it when I was studying for my master’s degree in university. I remember the lyrics: ‘We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control.’ This inspired me to make my own films. A scene in my animation Magic Cube and Ping-Pong remixes Pink Floyd’s music to pay tribute to The Wall.
This program screened as part of HAFF 2012
Showing in this program
Lines Vertical
An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against a background of changing colors, in response to music specially composed for the films. (National Film Board of Canada)
Pink Floyd The Wall
