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osebujan<br />
svemir<br />
paula<br />
driessena<br />
driessena<br />
the remarkable<br />
universe<br />
of paul<br />
of driessen paul<br />
driessen<br />
Paul Driessen, rođen u nizozemskom gradu Nijmegenu<br />
1940, jedan je od najuspješnijih umjetnika animacije<br />
svoga vremena. Tijekom duge karijere osvojio je desetke<br />
nagrada i priznanja za svoje iznimno originalne<br />
filmove koji su se prikazivali na festivalima širom svijeta:<br />
u Hirošimi, Šangaju, Ottawi, Utrechtu, Stuttgartu<br />
i... Zagrebu.<br />
Na prvi se pogled Driessenov stil može doimati jednostavnim<br />
jer likove crta jasnim i odrješitim linijama te<br />
im dodaje što manje scenografije. No pomniji pogled<br />
otkrit će sofisticiranu slikovnost, istodobno univerzalnu<br />
i jedinstvenu, te fascinantnu animaciju koja je i dandanas<br />
izvor nadahnuća animatorima diljem svijeta.<br />
U svakom filmu Driessen stvara novi maleni<br />
svemir sa svojim vlastitim zakonima, tek neznatno sličan<br />
zbilji u kojoj živimo. Oblik igra ključnu ulogu u tim<br />
duhovitim i katkad bizarnim svjetovima. Linije, zavoji i<br />
plohe stalno mijenjaju oblik, zbog čega i njihova funkcija<br />
i značenje postaju nešto drugo. Njegov smisao za<br />
vrijeme je vrhunski. Malim pokretima i privlačnom animacijom<br />
Driessen nam golica maštu, vara očekivanja i<br />
nasmijava nas. Njegovi su filmovi humoristični, katkad<br />
bizarni, no rijetko bezbrižni. Njegove se priče odvijaju<br />
neobičnom, ali neumoljivom logikom sve dok slijed<br />
događaja ne završi s mračnim i sumornim zaključkom.<br />
Glavni lik gotovo nikada ne preživi neizbježan<br />
katastrofalni ishod na kraju filma.<br />
Za razumijevanje Driessenova izuzetnog<br />
opusa moramo se vratiti u njegovo djetinjstvo. Važan<br />
dio svog odrastanja proveo je u nizozemskom veleposlanstvu<br />
u Moskvi, gdje je njegov otac radio kao ataše u<br />
vrijeme dok se Hladni rat širio i sve čvršće stezao svijet.<br />
Nije pohađao školu s drugom djecom, nego ga je kod<br />
kuće zajedno s mlađim bratom i sestrom podučavala<br />
majka. Olovka i papir bili su njegov bijeg od učmale, gole<br />
egzistencije unutar zidova veleposlanstva. Upravo se u<br />
tim godinama izolacije krije zametak njegovih kasnijih<br />
radova, koji se ne temelje na ključnim događajima ili<br />
povijesnoj stvarnosti, već na bujnoj ali i razmjerno nepovezanoj<br />
mašti.<br />
Paul Driessen, born in Nijmegen, the Netherlands in<br />
1940, is one of the most successful animation filmmakers<br />
of his time. During his long lasting career he<br />
has received dozens and dozens of prizes and awards<br />
for his highly original work. His films are shown at festivals<br />
all over the world: Hiroshima, Shanghai, Ottawa,<br />
Utrecht, Stuttgart and… Zagreb.<br />
At first glance the style of Driessen may appear<br />
to be simple as he draws his characters with clear<br />
cut lines and as little scenery as possible. A closer look<br />
however reveals sophisticated imagery, which is universal<br />
and idiosyncratic at the same time, and stunning<br />
animations which have been and still are a source of<br />
inspiration for animation artists all over the world.<br />
In each film Driessen creates a new, little<br />
universe, with its own laws, and which bears only<br />
a mild resemblance to the reality we live in. Form<br />
plays a key role in these funny and sometimes bizarre<br />
worlds. Lines, curves and planes are constantly<br />
reshaped, transforming their function and meaning<br />
into something else. His sense of timing is superb.<br />
With small movements and eye catching animations<br />
Driessen tickles our imagination, deceives our expectations<br />
and makes us laugh. His films are humoristic,<br />
sometimes bizarre, but rarely light at heart. His stories<br />
unfold with a strange, but iron logic until the chain of<br />
events reaches its dark and grim conclusion. Almost<br />
never does the main character survive the inevitable<br />
catastrophic outcome at the end.<br />
To understand the origin of his remarkable<br />
work we have to go back to his childhood. Paul spend<br />
an important part of his growing up in the Dutch embassy<br />
in Moscow, where his father was an attaché, in<br />
a time the Cold War spread and deepened its grip on<br />
the world. Paul did not attend school with other children.<br />
His mother taught him at home, together with<br />
his younger brother and his sister. Pencil and paper<br />
were his means of escaping the monotonous, bare<br />
existence inside the embassy’s walls. These years of<br />
isolation contained the seed for much of his later work,<br />
majstori animacije / masters of animation<br />
paul driessen
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