Woolen Story

A little crazy, I’d say. I confess that as a kid I didn’t like this fairytale. I was always haunted by the sun throwing its rays like some hateful UFO. The story is simple: a little blue woolly man walks with his dog in the desert and dreams that he will reach the sea with a sailboat. On a tempera-painted, predominantly orange background, which is supposed to play the part of a hot desert, Týrlová moved figures (a doll, a dog, a lion and a sun) made of – so unusual for hand animation – woolen yarn. The scenes, starting with the hateful sun and ending with sci-fi-like claws made by Zdeněk Liška, almost resemble avant-garde art. (01/12/2008)