Gallery: the island imagery of The Red Turtle
Michael Dudok de Wit's dialogue-free castaway reverie The Red Turtle enfolds its lone human figures in the environment of a deserted tropical island that's given magisterial presence by de Wit's richly pellucid animated drawings. Here are 12 frames from the film.
☞ Film of the week: The Red Turtle is a dream of a desert island movie
In the June 2017 issue of Sight & Sound
Notes from a small island
The Red Turtle, the exquisitely animated tale of a man washed up on a desert island, bears the clear imprint of Studio Ghibli, which initiated the project – but, as director Michael Dudok de Wit explains to his son, the film’s distinctive vision lies in its fusion of Eastern and Western traditions. By Alex Dudok de Wit.
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