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Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (1994)

Directed by Chris Sullivan

Short | Animation | Fantasy

Overview

In Pieter Bruegel’s painting, “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus,” the fall of the god, Icarus, passes unnoticed on earth. The farmers continue to work the land and the boats sail on. As William Carlos Williams later wrote in his poem of the same name, “a once mighty god becomes a little splash quite unnoticed.” In Chris Sullivan’s version, Icarus becomes Ray, an aging priest whose congregation is dwindling as fast as his sanity. As Ray’s condition deteriorates, society fails to notice or care.

Length 26 minutes

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Wild animated interpretation of Pieter Bruegel’s painting by the same name.

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