The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

John Canemaker

Writers:

John Canemaker (writer)
Joseph Kennedy (writer)
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Genre:

Animation | Short | Biography

Plot:

The Moon and the Son, a 30-minute autobiographical animated film by John Canemaker, explores the difficult...

Plot Keywords:

Italian Immigrant | Dysfunctional Family | Italian American | Hotel Business | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

John Turturro	...	The Son (voice)
Eli Wallach	...	The Father (voice)

Directed by
John Canemaker

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Canemaker		writer
Joseph Kennedy		writer
Peggy Stern		writer

Produced by
John Canemaker	....	producer
Peggy Stern	....	producer

Original Music by
Ron Sadoff

Film Editing by
David Mehlman

Sound Department
David Mehlman	....	sound designer
Alex Noyes	....	voice recordist

Animation Department
James Nidel	....	animator

Editorial Department
Steve Beganyi	....	colorist
Steve Beganyi	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Erik Desiderio	....	score producer

Thanks
Sang-Jin Bae	....	thanks
Emily Hubley	....	thanks
Faith Hubley	....	thanks
Ollie Johnston	....	thanks
Laurent Lambert	....	thanks
Larry Ruppel	....	special thanks
Frank Thomas	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Shadowbox Films Inc. (in association with)

Distributors

• John Canemaker Productions (2004) (worldwide) (all media)

Also Known As:

The Moon and the Son (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

28 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Shadowbox Films Inc.

Great animated movie about the story between an Italian father and his son

This animated film is absolutely wonderful. The drawings are really simple (it can't be compared to "Cars" or other "big" animated movies) but there's so much emotion and creativity that you go out of this film deeply moved and absolutely fascinated. It's the kind of film which makes you want to make animated films, thinking that it's something great and making you think something you didn't think before : animated films can be sometimes more powerful than any other films. The voice of John Turturro has something to do with it, both melancholic and angry. What really defines this film is "true feeling" and "simple". It's something very creative and new : the story told is a true story. Sometimes, true photos or newspapers are put into the film. It creates a wonderful mix between the reality and the dream, a true person and his image and for the director, between the desire of rediscovering his childhood and the fear about it. It's very sad as the father died before the film was made and it's strange what someone who didn't talk can say to his child and how love can impersonate itself in our lives and stories.