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Gopo – A Romanian Walt Disney
In the beginning, there was the sun, which had curlers and the planets were hanged to them. One day, the sun sneezed and the planets were thrown away into their present orbits in the solar system. The Earth, a wet blue planet that served the Sun as its nose, shared their fate. In time, animals appeared on our planet and, because of the earthquakes a dinosaur produced, a monkey fell from a tree and broke its tail. When it recovered, it noticed it had the shape of a man. Gopo’s Little Man. This silent, curious, round bellied character went through several adventures that were quite premonitory for those times – he flew in a spaceship, walked on the Moon and travelled under water. All this time, he never gave up his most precious treasure – a flower.
“Scurta Istorie” captivated both audience and specialists. The renowned movie critic Georges Sadoul praised its originality and Gopo’s creation was rewarded with the Golden Palm for Best Short Film at the Cannes festival, in 1957. The story about how the animation entered the contest is equally spectacular. The authorities initially decided that a short movie called “Delta Dunarii” (“Danube Delta”) would represent Romania’s proposal for the competition. When the delegates arrived in France, one of them realized that there was a possibility that their selected film would be too long and it would be rejected, so he rushed back to Romania that very evening, took a copy of “Scurta Istorie” and returned to Cannes. Gopo, the composer Dumitru Caloianu and the Sound Director Dan Ionescu – together called the Golden Triangle – didn’t even knew, until after the festival was over, that their creation had actually entered the contest.
After this success, Ioan Popescu-Gopo continued the adventures of his Little Man in “7 Arte” (“Seven Arts” – 1958), who won him the Best Prize for An Animated Film at the Film Festival in Tours, and in Ecce Homo! (1977), a creation that, unfortunately, didn’t have the success it was expected.
The Romanian artist also tried to write, direct and produce long movies and, although he didn’t feel too comfortable working with live actors, his creations are characterized by the same innovative animation techniques.
Author: Iulian Fira
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