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Raoul Servais is a Director, Scriptwriter and Director of Photography Belge born on 1 may 1928 at Oostende (Belgique)
Raoul Servais (born 1 May 1928) is a Belgian filmmaker. He was born in Ostend.
Il est le fondateur, en 1963, de la section « Animation » à l’Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Gand.
Il travaille sur des mélanges de prises de vue réelles avec dessin, ce qui lui valut une Palme d'or avec Harpya en 1979.
François Schuiten participa comme designer à son premier long métrage Taxandria.
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Raoul Servais
Biography
Il fréquente les classes primaires à l'école communale Albert d'Ostende de 1934 à 1939. Ensuite, il fait les classes secondaires à l'Athénée royal d'Ostende. Il étudie à l'Académie royale des Beaux-Arts (KASK) de Gand et se lance dans le cinéma d'animation dans les années 1950.Il est le fondateur, en 1963, de la section « Animation » à l’Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Gand.
Il travaille sur des mélanges de prises de vue réelles avec dessin, ce qui lui valut une Palme d'or avec Harpya en 1979.
François Schuiten participa comme designer à son premier long métrage Taxandria.
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Winter Days (2003)
, 40minutesDirected by Raoul Servais, Isao Takahata, Iouri Norstein, Kihachirō Kawamoto, Kōji Yamamura, Mark Baker (animateur), Yōji Kuri, Co Hoedeman, Yōichi Kotabe, Jacques Drouin
Origin Japon
Genres Animation
Themes Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Kyōko Kishida
Rating65%
Le film consiste en une série de 36 courts métrages d'une durée comprise entre 30 secondes et 2 minutes environ, chacun inspiré par l'une des strophes du poème. Entre les films, la strophe du film à venir s'affiche à l'écran et est lue par un narrateur ou une narratrice. Comme il est d'usage dans ce type de poème, le premier vers de chaque nouvelle strophe reprend le dernier vers de la strophe précédente. Le premier court métrage montre un groupe de poètes japonais réunis dans une maison et accueillant l'invité d'honneur qui, selon l'usage, compose la première strophe du renku ; c'est le seul à montrer les auteurs du poème. Les films suivants plongent dans l'univers d'images et de sensation évoqués par les strophes du poème. Le poème lui-même ne développe pas d'intrigue suivie ; il contient des éléments d'intrigue, mais ils restent très allusifs. Les courts métrages, de leur côté, ne présentent pas nécessairement une adaptation littérale du poème mais s'en inspirent plus ou moins librement. Les différents courts métrages ne comportent pas de paroles, seulement de la musique et des bruitages. Les techniques d'animation sont extrêmement variées, de même que les styles graphiques et le ton des différents films (ils sont tour à tour paisibles, angoissants, drôles, tristes, etc.). Le film proprement dit est suivi d'un documentaire de making of donnant des informations sur le poème d'origine et sur la production du film.
Taxandria (1996)
, 1h16Directed by Raoul Servais
Origin Belgique
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Spiers, Julien Schoenaerts, Andrew Sachs, Daniel Emilfork, Cris Campion
Rating63%
Young prince Jan has been sent to a quiet coastal resort to study for his final exams, but instead he spends most of his time with his new friend, the lighthouse keeper. Jan ignores the warnings of the locals who claim that the loony lighthouse man (Armin Mueller-Stahl) eats seagulls for breakfast. Maybe the lighthouse keeper is crazy, but this does not prevent him from introducing prince Jan to the dreamland Taxandria, a phantasmagorical place devoid of time, memory, and progress. Jan learns that a reason for the lighthouse keeper's notoriety among the locals is that from time to time he hides political refugees from Taxandria from the authorities; in one scene, we see some of these fugitives arrive at the coast in a boat and taken in by the lighthouse keeper. It is however never made clear whether Taxandria really exists or if the viewer only sees what the lighthouse keeper relates to prince Jan, although once Jan is transported to Taxandria simply by looking into the lighthouse's rotating light while the keeper is away.
Harpy (1979)
, 9minutesDirected by Raoul Servais
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Rating69%
A mustachioed Belle Époque-styled man (Spoor) is walking down a dark street, when he hears the cries of a woman (Waller Zeper) as she is being strangled in a fountain. The man knocks out her assailant (Schwibethus), only to discover that she is in fact a Harpy, a winged white bird, larger than an eagle, having the (bald) head and breasts of a woman. Fascinated, the man takes the beast to his home to shelter and feed it. He soon discovers the Harpy's insatiable appetite. The Harpy eats all his food, then eats his parrot, and begins eyeing her host with a sinister stare. One night, when the man attempts to escape, the Harpy overwhelms him and eats his legs.
Sirene (1968)
Directed by Raoul Servais
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Rating71%
Seigneurs inquiétants autant qu’anachroniques, les grues géantes et les reptiles ailés du Jurassique règnent en maître sur un étrange port de commerce.
Scriptwriter
Taxandria (1996)
, 1h16Directed by Raoul Servais
Origin Belgique
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Spiers, Julien Schoenaerts, Andrew Sachs, Daniel Emilfork, Cris Campion
Roles Writer
Rating63%
Young prince Jan has been sent to a quiet coastal resort to study for his final exams, but instead he spends most of his time with his new friend, the lighthouse keeper. Jan ignores the warnings of the locals who claim that the loony lighthouse man (Armin Mueller-Stahl) eats seagulls for breakfast. Maybe the lighthouse keeper is crazy, but this does not prevent him from introducing prince Jan to the dreamland Taxandria, a phantasmagorical place devoid of time, memory, and progress. Jan learns that a reason for the lighthouse keeper's notoriety among the locals is that from time to time he hides political refugees from Taxandria from the authorities; in one scene, we see some of these fugitives arrive at the coast in a boat and taken in by the lighthouse keeper. It is however never made clear whether Taxandria really exists or if the viewer only sees what the lighthouse keeper relates to prince Jan, although once Jan is transported to Taxandria simply by looking into the lighthouse's rotating light while the keeper is away.
Harpy (1979)
, 9minutesDirected by Raoul Servais
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Rating69%
A mustachioed Belle Époque-styled man (Spoor) is walking down a dark street, when he hears the cries of a woman (Waller Zeper) as she is being strangled in a fountain. The man knocks out her assailant (Schwibethus), only to discover that she is in fact a Harpy, a winged white bird, larger than an eagle, having the (bald) head and breasts of a woman. Fascinated, the man takes the beast to his home to shelter and feed it. He soon discovers the Harpy's insatiable appetite. The Harpy eats all his food, then eats his parrot, and begins eyeing her host with a sinister stare. One night, when the man attempts to escape, the Harpy overwhelms him and eats his legs.
Sirene (1968)
Directed by Raoul Servais
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Roles Writer
Rating71%
Seigneurs inquiétants autant qu’anachroniques, les grues géantes et les reptiles ailés du Jurassique règnent en maître sur un étrange port de commerce.
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Harpy (1979)
, 9minutesDirected by Raoul Servais
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
A mustachioed Belle Époque-styled man (Spoor) is walking down a dark street, when he hears the cries of a woman (Waller Zeper) as she is being strangled in a fountain. The man knocks out her assailant (Schwibethus), only to discover that she is in fact a Harpy, a winged white bird, larger than an eagle, having the (bald) head and breasts of a woman. Fascinated, the man takes the beast to his home to shelter and feed it. He soon discovers the Harpy's insatiable appetite. The Harpy eats all his food, then eats his parrot, and begins eyeing her host with a sinister stare. One night, when the man attempts to escape, the Harpy overwhelms him and eats his legs.