Blood Tea and Red String

Blood Tea and Red String

Blood Tea and Red String
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DVD Cover Information

Actor: Christiane Cegavske
Brand: KOC
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 71 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Cinema Epoch
Product features:
  • This dark foray into the world of stop-motion animation offers a gloomy fairy story aimed at adults. The story revolves around a group of mice who battle some devious creatures for possession of a doll. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION Rating: NR Age: 891514001054 UPC: 891514001054 Manufacturer No: EPO-DV1054

Movie Reviews of Blood Tea and Red String

Movie Review: Magical and mysterious
Summary: 5 Stars

I'm really not sure how to describe this movie, so I'll start with the bare facts. Cegavske appears to have started from some art-school sketchbooks, and assembled a gorgeous stop-animation, supposedly taking 13 years to complete. She did all the design, scripting and animation, so this was clearly a labor of love. She created remarkable characters and sets, beautifully crafted. The composer she engaged for the score did an outstanding job, especially in the unearthly tones of the mouses' dance.

All of which says nothing about the characters and plot of the movie, which I still can't quite put words to. It carried the sense of a fully-elaborated dream world, but of someone else's dreams. The different beings seemed to act out rituals of deep importance, all of which eluded me. Rich, detailed imagery abounds, almost like the imagery of a Tarot deck - but with all of the arcane meanings unspoken. The viewer rides along in this wordless world, sensing the characters' urgency but never making out the reason for it.

Cegavske's puppets and props bring that baffling world to life. Even though this medium has been used for years in children's entertainment, make no mistake: this is for grownups. Skittish children might not tolerate the deaths of characters, or scenes like the "blood tea." A few moments drag; the script's pacing seemed uneven, and the puppet's motions never flowed smoothly. I can't let the little things get in my way, though. This stands as an incredible work of creativity, and a glimpse into another mind's imaginings.

-- wiredweird

Summary of Blood Tea and Red String

Synopsis:
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 11/07/06
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.
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