Espolio 1970 Directed by Sidney Goldsmith

A BAFTA award nominated animation based on a poem by Earle Birney and a painting by El Greco. The theme concerns the responsibility of the innovator for the thing he makes. In the film, a carpenter builds a cross but is reluctant to become involved in the right or wrong of situations that bring men to die on crosses. His interest is in his own craftsmanship. To illustrate this moral, the filmmaker used light-pen drawings, giving colour and emphasis through optical processes.

Country Canada
Production Country Canada
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Animation
Production Company ONF | NFB
Release Date 6 February 1970
6 mins
Cast
Walter Massey Narrator
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