The Stonecutter
2005/07
distributed by Maverick
unrated, recommended 12+
80 minutes (story itself runs 70)
Hi Susie!
I impulsively checked out a live action DVD out this other library I was visiting.
First, about the storytelling mechanic.
Someone is reading to you a classic fairy tale.
He has a soft sing-song voice with a bit of an accent.
You do not hear people speak, it is just the narrator.
A clever mechanic that allows the production to ignore the constant sounds of modern civilization while filming.
Filmed entirely in Tahiti, “The Stonecutter” looks beautiful.
Set in a land where the moon is upside down and the sun controls the tides unlike everywhere else “The Stonecutter” is about a poor man who breaks rocks at the mountain and sells the jewels he finds in order to take care of his family.
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