Film No. 103 (2022) December 12th. 11.00 AM Cinema 5. LUNA, Leederville.
"Sometimes I find my mind wandering, thinking ... I wonder what my family would think? Do you think they could be out there?". (A stream of consciousness from Marcel as he continues to make sense of life).
Winner : Best Animated Film (Dean Fleischer-Camp) Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. 2022.
Tales of life and the lessons learned, through innocent eyes, when done well on screen, are mostly not to be missed. I'm suggesting that our new little friend here, Marcel, will be particularly hard to resist. You will need to visit a cinema of course but Marcel is definitely worth meeting.
When I was introducing my two daughters to film during their primary school years, there were rarely films of the quality and ilk of MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON. This story of an adorably cute little boy in the form of a one inch shell, who epitomises wonderful characteristics of resilience, humour, thoughtfulness, an enquiring mind and kindness (told in stop-motion animation), is a story for all ages.
Little Marcel is the brain-child of Dean Freischer-Camp, an editor by trade, but now an extremely competent film-maker. Originally a short film (2010) of the same name, it has taken Freischer-Camp along with writer Jenny Slate (the voice of Marcel) 10 years to recreate MARCEL as a feature film. Their work, while most painstakingly arduous (just ask Nick Park) is a minor example of genius.
A stop-motion drama about a little boy (Marcel) left alone through circumstance, but with his Nan still on hand to love him is simple fare. He lives in an Air BNB alongside a film-maker, Dean, who helps Marcel to reveal himself to the world via uploads to You Tube. This is surely enough story outline to get you into the cinema so you might get to know and love Marcel. Come on, 85 minutes with Marcel will plant a smile on your face for days afterwards. 10GUMS.
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