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Spinnolio
19779 min 51 secFilm: Animation
Direction: John Weldon
Production: Wolf KoenigDerek Lamb
Traditional folklore takes a wry turn in this animated tale about a carved wooden puppet who lacks mobility and human consciousness. Noted for his "cool head" and unruffled personality, the inanimate Spinnolio makes a totally passive, though quite successful go at life, until his employer decides to replace him with a computer. A modern-day fairy tale that smacks of the sardonic and has philosophical implications about the nature of consciousness, the work ethic, interpersonal relationships, and the citizen in society.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > Individual in Society
- English Language Arts > Children's Stories/Fables
- Social Studies > Labour Studies
- Media Education > Popular Culture
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Relationships
Credits
- director
- John Weldon
- animation
- John Weldon
- producer
- Wolf Koenig
- executive producer
- Derek Lamb
- animation camera
- Raymond Dumas
- Simon Leblanc
- Jacques Avoine
- re-recording
- Michel Descombes
- voice
- Henry Ramer
- Peter MacNeill
- Neil Shee
- Janet Perlman
- Lynn Smith
- Don Arioli
- music
- Art Phillips
Awards
- Diploma of MeritInternational Film Festival
- Etrog for Best Animated FilmGenie Awards