The Long Way
(Der lange Weg)

Rasche, Marion |
Andreas Dress |
Ingrid Grimm |
Rasche, Marion |
Rosi Bundesmann |
Ulrich Inder |
Wissmann, Friedbert |
Rasche, Marion |
Rasche, Marion |
Scholze, Sabine |
Hanna Fürst |
Kleber, Lutz |
Sigrid Wissmann |
Synopsis
A seagull is injured during a dangerous storm and ends up in a forest where she joins a family of woodpeckers. But she gets rejected by the older family members. A young woodpecker falls in love with her and together they leave the forest and go to the sea, where the seagulls live. There the strange woodpecker is rejected. Now they are both looking for a place where they can happily live together.
The mainly black-and-white drawings used in this short were created by painter, graphic artists and member of the Super-8 film scene, Andreas Dress (1943-2019).
Commentary
2024 | CLAIMING SPACES: Art Interventions in East Germany, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge |
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A seagull is injured during a dangerous storm and ends up in a forest where she joins a family of woodpeckers. But she gets rejected by the older family members. A young woodpecker falls in love with her and together they leave the forest and go to the sea, where the seagulls live. There the strange woodpecker is rejected. Now they are both looking for a place where they can happily live together.
The mainly black-and-white drawings used in this short were created by painter, graphic artists and member of the Super-8 film scene, Andreas Dress (1943-2019).