![]() This is a story about how, under the influence of some circumstances which we are totally unaware of, our habitual state can suddenly turn into a catastrophe,” Norstein explained. The Hedgehog counts stars with his best friend, the Bear (a more exact translation would be 'Little Hedgehog' and 'Little Bear'). He looks at the starry sky in a pool, while the eagle-owl, the image of primitive and evil people, washes its foot in it. “ Every day, the Hedgehog goes to the Bear Cub, but once, he walks in through the fog and comes out of it a different person. The fog is a metaphor of life the Hedgehog is a man, striving for something good and soulful. ‘Hedgehog in the Fog’ is often interpreted as a parable and the river into which the Hedgehog falls is compared to Styx (the river that separates Earth and the Greek Underworld) and Lethe, the river of forgetfulness. READ MORE: Top 9 Soviet children’s classics that are still popular today For want of a better response, the animator quoted Dante: “Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark.” Miraculously, it worked and Norstein was given the go-ahead. When Norstein pitched his project to the state Soviet commission that was supposed to give the green light to the production of the film, he was asked why he chose such a boring story for the production in the first place. The animator described it as a “feeling of the character’s universality”.Īnd yet, no one believed in the success of ‘Hedgehog in the Fog’. The icon happened to convey the spirit of the character that Norstein sought to mirror in his animation. Yuri Norshtein recalled that when he and his wife Franchesca Yarbusova (with whom he’s worked on all his films) tried to figure out what the titular character should actually look like, they found inspiration in ‘The Zvenigorod Saviour’, an icon featuring Jesus Christ’s face painted by Andrei Rublyov. It speaks the universal language of fear, hope and belief. A little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear. ‘Hedgehog in the Fog’ is visually striking, emotionally engaging and stylistically unique. Hedgehog in the Fog with English subtitles is a 1975 Soviet cartoon directed by Yuriy Norshteyn. ![]() ![]() While, technically, ‘Hedgehog in the Fog’ is just about a poor creature lost in the fog, if you dig deeper, you’ll discover that it’s actually a film about the mysterious Russian soul and raison d'être. In 2003, his ‘Hedgehog in the Fog’ took control and gained the lead. ![]() In 1984, Norstein’s other masterpiece, ‘Tale of Tales’ was voted best animated film of all time at the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival. The artist used multiple layers of glass panes to create unconventional three-dimensional effects. Yuri Norstein’s multilayered animation has a mystical atmosphere and poetic style. ![]()
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