The Albatross (1998)

The Albatross

1998

Animation Drama

Synopsis

A ship sets sail on an epic voyage through malignant natural and supernatural elements from which one man alone survives. An adaptation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner illustrated by19th Century wood engravings which are animated by scratching directly into the surface of color filmstock. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with its message of ecological redemption has a curiously contemporary resonance, but it is at the level of the mythic that the poem has lasting relevance; for this epic tale of extraordinary events simply mirrors the struggle that each human being faces on their own in his or her life. -VDB

Credits

Director

Paul Bush

Cast

Julian Maynard Smith as Face of the Mainlander

Crew

Crimp Beringer (Animation)

Mie Nagai (Animation)

Mina Mileva (Animation)

Nadia Mihova (Animation)

Paul Bush (Animation)

Ella De (Assistant Camera)