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Description     ~~~~~~~~~ The Deer of Nine Colors ~~~~~~~~~ Year: 1981 Country: China Runtime: 25 min Genres: Animation | Short | Fantasy Language: Mandarin Director: Qian Jiajun, Dai Tielang ~@~ In ancient times, a Persian merchant gets lost in a windstorm. Suddenly a spiritual deer of nine colors appears to guide the man. Later on, the deer rescues a man drowning in a river. In exchange, the man promises not to reveal the deer's whereabouts. The man reaches an imperial palace. The king insists on hunting down the spiritual deer down to make clothes out of the deer skin. The man gives in to his greed and leads an army of warriors to the spot. He falls into the river again, hoping the deer will show up to rescue him again... ~@~ An absolutely brilliant 1981 animation from Shanghai Animation Film Studio, The Deer of Nine Colors is a 24-minute interpretation of ancient frescas from the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang in Western China. Although I can’t read Chinese, I’m fairly certain it was scored by Wu Ying-Ju, who also scored the classic Havoc in Heaven starring everyone’s favorite Chinese folklore character, the Monkey King. Wu Ying-Ju is known for effortlessly blending Western orchestral composition with traditional instruments from Beijing opera, and this score is no exception. The music during the obligatory dream parade interlude features a plucked pipa weaving through Western bowed strings, one of the most pleasant instrumental combinations in existence. My favorite moment, however, is about midway through and features a solo from Madam Li Sujun, singing in the wonderfully resonant Kabuki style. The story is adapted from an old Buddhist Jakata parable which has since been used by Miyazaki, Toriyama, and countless others for inspiration or direct adaptation. On the surface the tale is about returning to our true nature of harmony by rejecting greed and wickedness, but beneath that it is a warning from the Dunhuang monks about the dangers of obsessing over the treasures of the Silk Road, along which their temple was situated. Review by Paul Matthis http://paulmatthis.com/blog/the-deer-of-nine-colors/ ~@~ File Info Quality: WEB-DL Video: Format : AVC Nominal bit rate : 1 008 Kbps Width : 600 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 5:4 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 25.000 fps Audio: Format : AAC Bitrate: 152.036 Kbps Duration : 24mn 16s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Default : Yes Forced : No Text: Hard Coded English Subtitles  @~G.Y~@   Sharing Widget |
