A Chairy Tale

• Claude Jutra: Man

The story of the chair is a Canadian animated short film by Claude Jutra and Norman McLaren of 1957.

Action

A man reading appears on the stage, on which stands a chair. The man discovered the chair and wants to sit, but backs off of the chair. Several attempts to sit down, fail, and eventually the man is trying to catch the chair. This leads to a chase and struggle with the chair and ends with the resignation of the man. He gives up and sits down on the floor. While he reads comes the chair slowly to him nudges him and wants his attention. When the man refused, the chair acts as if he would cry, and moves again to the man. The hopes for a seat, but the chair cut him again when he gets too close to him. The man tried in various ways to retune the chair, so he dances with him, for example Tango and pretends to be a child. At the end of Man provides the chair on, briefly put on him and the chair takes on the man squatting place. Then he allowed him to use it as a seat. The film ends with the line " They sit and happily ever after " ("and they sat happily ever after ").

Production

The story of the chair was created by Norman McLaren in pixilation (Single mode ), a stop- motion animation form, which he himself had developed and popularized. When shot in black and white film was passed by McLaren and Claude Jutra Director, with Jutra acted as an actor in the film. Animator of the film was Evelyn Lambart. The film was released in 1957. The film's title is inspired by the introductory words " Once upon a time ... " to understand ( " Once upon a time ...") and the closing rate as a pun from A Fairy Tale ( a fairy tale ) and chair ( chair).

Awards

The story of the chair received in 1958 an Oscar nomination in the category Best Short Film. He won a special prize of the BAFTAs and a Canadian Film Award for Best Arts and Experimental category in the same year.