The rich inner world of famous Georgian theater and film director, artist and puppeteer Rezo Gabriadze is as fantastic as the animation into which he has poured this story of his life. Rezo’s director son Levan "Leo" Gabriadze, who previously made the horror film Unfriended (2014), leaves it to his father to talk about a life suffused with magical thinking.
Знаешь, мама, где я был?, 雷佐
Netherlands
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
Russia12+
Netherlands
Russia
"Знаешь, мама, где я был? В поле Тоторо ловил" - анимированные воспоминания Резо Габриадзе о грузинском детстве и лете в деревне неизбежно срифмовались у меня с мультфильмом Миядзаки. Только здесь детский взгляд не проницает границу между реальностью и волшебством (хотя из обычного деревенского туалета можно увидеть аргонавтов), но оволшебствляет саму советскую реальность, в результате чего висящие в школе портреты Ленина и Сталина ведут себя похлеще живых хогвартских. Хорошим подспорьем для воображения мальчика, похожего на носатого Пушкина, становится мировая литература, изучаемая им в библиотеке №6: ноги курящей лягушки растут из цитаты Марка Твена, а в письмо чужой возлюбленной маленький Сирано вплетёт образы из персидской поэзии. При этом понятные, вероятно, и для иностранного зрителя детские фантазии приобретают в мультфильме национальный колорит: например,…
Думал, фильм про Габриадзе, а это его анимированные воспоминания из детства. Очень интересно и добро.
как же это мило и потрясающе
Absolutely charming to be inside a great creator’s mind. Charming.
Как у некоторых из мультипликаторской и околомультипликаторской бывшей советской тусовки получалось не стареть до самой смерти?
I'm not sure I've ever before seen a biographical documentary where at the end, I wasn't entirely sure what the subject was famous for. But that's where Rezo leaves me, as Revan Gabriadze spends almost no time discussing his life's work, nor the personal life that happened alongside it. The film directed by his son tells stories of the father's youth and a philosophical moment or two as he returns home an old man, apparently presuming that anyone watching this film knows the rest or will look it up.
The appeal, on the one hand, is the animation; presumably based upon Rezo's own drawings, the images are simple and appealing, brought to life with fluid movement but sometimes skipping showy,…
ОЧАРОВАНИЕ
сны мальчика в 1946 были предсказуемыми..... восприятие жизни сначала ребенком, потом взрослеющим - история трогательная
я плачу нежными счастливыми слезками
utterly heart-wrenching
I knew nothing of this artist, but I was interested in learning about another animator. This was quite insightful, but I wish I got to see more of his work since I know nothing about it. What's he done? Still don't know.
What was really interesting was the animation used to tell the story. It was clearly digital, but the art style was rendered by hand. It's an approach I may employ. It looked good though the animation couldn't always escape that computer feel. Gotta look at some Norstein stuff again.
The story was quite personal and humane. Loved how the German prisoner helped his family and it was comical how the grandpa acted at times. Rezo's art career was simply brushed over quickly.
Still magical.
A lovely memoir told by a master storyteller and complemented by his own illustrations. It feels unjust to take away so many stars for something so subjective, but unfortunately, I, personally, hate this style of animation - not the illustrations themselves - and the deeply clichéed choice of music didn't make it any easier, so I just focused on Rezo's lovely voice and story, for the most part, ignoring the rest that didn't pull its weight for me.
Watching this movie feels like being wrapped in a warm blanket by someone very close to you. The voice of Rezo, music, art and the story in general makes you feel cozy, peacefull, sad and happy at the same time. Delicious irony, great humor and pleasant sadness are beautifully combined here.
