Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale and the Rose
Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale and the Rose by Del Kathryn Barton, Brendan Fletcher
AUS 2014, Generation
Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale and the Rose by Del Kathryn Barton, Brendan Fletcher
AUS 2014, Generation
A tender-breasted bird. Tumescent blossoms with sad eyes. Based on Oscar Wilde’s eponymous fairy tale, this animated version brings to life the paintings of Del Kathryn Barton. Transporting the story to a pictorial world of surreal beauty, the film turns the tale into a nocturne about the solitude at the heart of true love.
A young man desperately seeks a red rose so that he may ask his beloved to dance with him. Deeply touched by his feelings, the nightingale decides to sacrifice herself. In a thorny act of love she sheds her own life’s blood on a colourless rose to create the coveted red bloom. But is her sacrifice rewarded? Is there still a place for love in a world where prejudice and cold self-interest abound? The writer, renowned for his sarcasm, leaves us with a malicious punch line.
A young man desperately seeks a red rose so that he may ask his beloved to dance with him. Deeply touched by his feelings, the nightingale decides to sacrifice herself. In a thorny act of love she sheds her own life’s blood on a colourless rose to create the coveted red bloom. But is her sacrifice rewarded? Is there still a place for love in a world where prejudice and cold self-interest abound? The writer, renowned for his sarcasm, leaves us with a malicious punch line.
