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Tight 4-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Two Faces
"If you can read a face like a book, then here it is a book of poetry."
1968 0h 4m EN
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SKIP
★3.0TMDB · 1
Animation
Synopsis
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Loose impressionistic brushstrokes sketch a series of portraits of two faces, one male and one female, while the verse on the soundtrack tells the tale of both one and a thousand relationships.
“If you can read a face like a book, then here it is a book of poetry.”
Cast
William Abney
Voice
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Alison De Vere
- Writers
- Alison De Vere
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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The take
Alison De Vere directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 4-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 358 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Marketing tagline: "If you can read a face like a book, then here it is a book of poetry.".
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 7Classified under 9 themes, including "poetry", "love", "united kingdom", "impressionist".
The technical file
- Runtime
- 4 min · 0h 4m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1,000
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Alison De Vere
Key crew
- MusicDerrick Newman
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- poetry
- love
- united kingdom
- impressionist
- face
- body
- short film
- animation
- visage
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1968-01-11
