Striving to make the greatest animated film of all time, visionary animator Richard Williams ('Who Framed Roger Rabbit') toiled for more than a quarter century on his masterpiece - only to have it torn from his hands. Filmmaker Kevin Schreck has woven together mind-blowing animation, rare archival footage, and exclusive interviews with key animators and artists who worked with Williams on his ill-fated magnum opus to bring this legendary story to the screen. A tale of creativ... (Full plot summary below)
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Striving to make the greatest animated film of all time, visionary animator Richard Williams ('Who Framed Roger Rabbit') toiled for more than a quarter century on his masterpiece - only to have it torn from his hands. Filmmaker Kevin Schreck has woven together mind-blowing animation, rare archival footage, and exclusive interviews with key animators and artists who worked with Williams on his ill-fated magnum opus to bring this legendary story to the screen. A tale of creative genius gone horribly awry, PERSISTENCE OF VISION is the untold story of the greatest animated film never made.
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| Seattle TimesJeff ShannonSometimes it feels like you're rattling around in the fever-dreaming brain of the animator. It's glorious. |
| Flixist.comMatthew RazakSchreck has crafted a moving tribute to Richard Williams's artistic ambition, and at the same time celebrates the melancholy beauty of impossible dreams. |
| Movie MezzanineDan SchindelIt's only a must if you're a die-hard fan of animation or cinema history. It still feels like there's a better version of this story waiting to be told. |
| Toronto StarLinda BarnardThe animation shines amid a rather workmanlike doc. But perhaps that is the Schreck's intent, to make the animation the undisputed centre of the film. |
| OregonianJamie S. RichAfter watching "Persistence of Vision," stream the version of "The Thief and the Cobbler" available on Netflix. It will break your heart. |
| Movies.comChristopher CampbellBecause it takes place over the same period, it's a good complement to The Pixar Story and Waking Sleeping Beauty. |
| User ReviewBen A. VIt had been entirely too long since I'd seen Richard Williams animation on a big screen. Since Roger Rabbit, in fact, and before that you've got to go back to the Raggedy Ann & Andy movie. That alone would've made me give this five stars, because not five *minutes* in, and possibly not even five seconds, my mouth had fallen open in awe. That it is also a heartbreaking, genuinely tragic tale of failure, not to launch but to *land*, is the bitter with the sweet. |
