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'''''El Apóstol''''' (aka ''The Apostle'') was an Argentinian silent black-and-white animated film released in 1917.<ref>[http://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.4/articles/bendazzi1.4.html Page about Quirino Cristiani (also source of pictures).] Retrieved 18 Mar '16</ref> It was directed, written, designed and animated by Quirino Cristiani, whose two other animated features are also lost (''[[Sin Dejar Rastros (lost Argentinian animated film; 1918)|Sin Dejar rastros]]'' and ''[[Peludopolis (partially found Argentinian animated film; 1931)|Peludópolis]]''). | '''''El Apóstol''''' (aka ''The Apostle'') was an Argentinian silent black-and-white animated film released in 1917.<ref>[http://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.4/articles/bendazzi1.4.html Page about Quirino Cristiani (also source of pictures).] Retrieved 18 Mar '16</ref> It was directed, written, designed and animated by Quirino Cristiani, whose two other animated features are also lost (''[[Sin Dejar Rastros (lost Argentinian animated film; 1918)|Sin Dejar rastros]]'' and ''[[Peludopolis (partially found Argentinian animated film; 1931)|Peludópolis]]''). | ||
It is considered to be the first animated feature (being 70 minutes long with a | It is considered to be the first animated feature film (being 70 minutes long with a framerate of 14 frames per second), but all known copies were destroyed in a fire in 1926. | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
Instead of using traditional | Instead of using traditional celluloid animation, Cristiani would use flat puppets with rotating/removable members. Character designs were made by Diógenes Taborda, a popular cartoonist at the time. | ||
==Premise== | ==Premise== | ||
Revision as of 23:48, 24 August 2021
A fan-made poster for the film.
Status: Lost
El Apóstol (aka The Apostle) was an Argentinian silent black-and-white animated film released in 1917.[1] It was directed, written, designed and animated by Quirino Cristiani, whose two other animated features are also lost (Sin Dejar rastros and Peludópolis).
It is considered to be the first animated feature film (being 70 minutes long with a framerate of 14 frames per second), but all known copies were destroyed in a fire in 1926.
Design
Instead of using traditional celluloid animation, Cristiani would use flat puppets with rotating/removable members. Character designs were made by Diógenes Taborda, a popular cartoonist at the time.
Premise
The film was a political satire about then-Argentinian-president Hipolito Yrigoyen, who wants to cleanse Buenos Aires of immorality and corruption.
Yrigoyen flies into heaven and encounters the god of thunder, Jupiter. Using his lightning bolts, Yrigoyen strikes Buenos Aires, and the city is engulfed in flames, burning into ashes, before he decides to start rebuilding the city.
He then awakens, finding out that this was all a dream and is forced to face the harsh reality of complicated politics.
Legacy
No stills or posters of the film remain, apart from a few character designs by Taborda and a photograph of the Buenos Aires model, as seen below.[2]
Cristiani would later make another political satire animated feature about Yrigoyen: Peludopolis.
Gallery
Character design of Yrigoyen for the film, by Diógenes Taborda.
Another character design by Diógenes Taborda.
Model of Buenos Aires used for the ending.
References
- ↑ Page about Quirino Cristiani (also source of pictures). Retrieved 18 Mar '16
- ↑ Quirino Cristiani: The Mystery of the First Animated Movies documentary. Retrieved 23 Mar '19