Bloomsbury Academic Grendel Grendel Grendel: Animating Beowulf (Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers)

Product Description This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.comGrendel Grendel Grendel, directed by Alexander Stitt, is a masterpiece of animation and design which has attained a national and international cult status since its release in 1981. The film, based on the novel, Grendel, by John Gardner, is a loose adaptation of the Beowulf legend, but told from the point of view of the monster, Grendel. Grendel Grendel Grendel is a mature, intelligent, irreverent and quite unique animated film - it is a movie, both in terms of content and of an aesthetic that was well ahead of its time. Along with a brief overview of Australian animation and a contextualization of where this animated feature fits within the broader continuum of Australian (and global) film history, Dan Torre and Lienors Torre provide an intriguing analysis of this significant Australian animated feature. Review Dan and Lienors Torre continue their invaluable contribution to the histories of Australian (and international) animation with this fascinating study of Alexander Stitt's utterly unique cult classic Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981), its production and circulation, and its themes and resonances as a 'reanimation' of Beowulf's monster.Stephen Morgan, Screening Coordinator, Menzies Australia Institute, King's College London, UK About the Author Dan Torreis a lecturer in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He has written widely on animation, media and popular culture.Lienors Torreis a lecturer in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University, Australia.