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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Original title: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Year: 1977
Running time: 42 min.
Country: United States
Director: Larry Jordan
Screenwriter: Larry Jordan. Story: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Cast: Animation
Music: Mark Ellinger
Cinematography: Animation
Producer: Distributor: Facets Multimedia Distribution
Genre: Animation | Half-length Film. Experimental Cinema
Synopsis: Using the cut-out style of animation I tried to marry the classic engravings of Gustave Dore to the classic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge through a classic narrator: Orson Welles. It's a long opium dream of the old Mariner (Welles) who wantonly killed the albatross and suffered the pains of the damned for it.

"The film, far from being a mere visual accompaniment to the poem, has an integrity of its own. Throughout the film, serpents, butterflies and other creatures from Jordan's earlier works such as DUO CONCERTANTES and GYMNOPEDIES appear, bearing the unmistakable signature of the artist, creating mysteries, subtleties and rich asides. These are the strokes of genius, the touch of the craftsman, which have turned old material into new, translating 19th century art into a totally new kind of masterpiece. The Mariner lives as he has never lived before." - Carmen Vigil, San Francisco Cinematheque

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1977

Larry Jordan