The Hand
- Title
- The Hand [motion picture] / Harry Belafonte.
- Published by
- New York : McGraw-Hill, 1965.
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| Status Available by appointment. | Vol/dateC.2 REEL 1 OF 1 | FormatMoving image | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberM16 634 H C.2 REEL 1 OF 1 C.2 REEL 1 OF 1 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | Vol/dateC.1 REEL 1 OF 1 | FormatMoving image | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberM16 634 H C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 | Item locationOffsite |
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- Description
- 1 film reel (19 min.) : sd. col.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- Puppet animation is used to present an allegory about a solitary man whose only pleasure is a flower to which he devotes his love. As he lovingly fashions a clay pot for it, a giant hand intrudes and uses a variety of means to persuade the man to sculpt its image. When the potter refuses, he is transformed into a marionette, caged and forced to chisel a giant hand out of stone. Although the prisoner finally escapes, he meets a tragic and ironic end. In the words of the filmmaker: "The hand is a force which compels each individual to do what he does not wish to do. Like a thread there runs through history something one might define as an institution, convinced that its truth is universal truth..."
- Subject
- Credits (note)
- Director, writer, and creator of animation, Jiri Trnka; photography, Jiri Safar; music, Vaclav Trojan.
- Title
- The Hand [motion picture] / Harry Belafonte.
- Imprint
- New York : McGraw-Hill, 1965.
- Credits
- Director, writer, and creator of animation, Jiri Trnka; photography, Jiri Safar; music, Vaclav Trojan.
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- Added author
- Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023.
- Trnka, Jiří, 1912-1969.
- Branch call number
- M16 634 H