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“ He Almost Clutched his Hand ”

“ He Almost Clutched his Hand ”. The Medium is the Message Possible Questions to ask of the animation. By Gerrit van Dijk 葛瑞 . 凡 . 戴克 , Holland, 1982. Stages of his life. Early childhood; Outside world; School; Buy a pair of shoes; College life; Career The end .

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“ He Almost Clutched his Hand ”

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  1. “He Almost Clutched his Hand” The Medium is the Message Possible Questions to ask of the animation By Gerrit van Dijk葛瑞.凡.戴克, Holland, 1982

  2. Stages of his life • Early childhood; • Outside world; • School; • Buy a pair of shoes; • College life; • Career • The end

  3. The things he sees & experiences • Indoor: The light, the mother’s nipple and the father’s button; pet dogs of plastic;

  4. Outside World: • cherries, dogs, wheelbarrow, another “wheelbarrow” with four wheels . . ..

  5. Social roles (seen with eyeglasses) : • School master, doctors, pharmacist, ladies and gents, dollars and cents.

  6. Schools  photos

  7. College life

  8. His father • grows silent.

  9. One thing he remembers

  10. Career: Cannot help himself doing:

  11. Reminiscence

  12. The end

  13. Possible Questions to ask of the animation • “Author”: How do we deal with the identity of “he”? Is “he” the animator? The speaker? • Why are there so many ways of representing the “self”? Do you find any intertextual references? • Are there conflicting messages? What are missing from his life story?

  14. “light” pop arist (or Beetles?) Rene Margrite, Salome newspaper, books, television, radio, alphabet board Dutch landscape (or some one’s painting?) Shoes –van Gogh’s and Star Dust Shoes Elm wood Intertextual references Oscar Wilde dressed as Salome

  15. The Conflicting or Repressed • Structure: from wonder to knowledge to wealth and then “return” loves “the old things and the old people that have passed like ships in the night.” • the central moment of love (happy talk about new shoes in summer vs. distance and an autumnal leaf,) vs. the passing of time (like “a fearful storm”) • the mother? Kuwait? Salome?

  16. Gerrit van Dijk • ONE-ON-ONE (animation online ) http://www.niaf.nl/e_ind_main.htm • Other work: I MOVE, SO I AM 8' 20" Written and directed by Gerrit van Dijk - 1997 Director Gerrit van Dijk states: "I move, so I am", a free interpretation of Descartes quotation "I think, so I am", is my credo to express myself on celluloid. "I am not shooting pictures, I animate....".

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