Mini Review 1: The Red Turtle
By Eva Claire Schwartz
A beautiful tale of love and life,
Michael Dudok De Wit’s The Red Turtle
is a carefully crafted tale of a shipwrecked man’s life on an uncharted
island. We follow this film with a
relatively dramatic, but believable score, and no dialogue. The visuals are
nothing short of stunning. Each scene includes an extreme long shot, which is
meant to overwhelm the audience by immersing them in the environment. While the
eighty minutes of The Red Turtle
included heartbreak, love, and turmoil, by the end of the film I felt like I
had lived the life of the protagonist. De Wit and Studio Ghibli’s animated,
scenic film plays to the interests of children, but pulls at the heartstrings
of adults. The plot was fantastical but stunning. With almost ten years in
production, De Wit shows us that attention to detail and craftsmanship takes
time and is worth the wait.
Director: Michael
Dudok De Wit
Writer: Michael
Dudok De Wit, Pascale Ferran
Producer: Studio
Ghibli
Cast: N/A
Run Time: 80
minutes
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