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Through the pages of this book edited by Casterman, readers will be able to take a look behind the scenes of the film “Corto Maltese” wanted, coordinated and directed by Pascal Morelli. Preface by Marc Caro – Unpublished sketches – Preparatory drawings of the characters – Studies for the setting – Revolutionary special effects – Detailed chronology of a difficult shooting – Several anecdotes and confidences on the shooting by different animators, this is what you can find in this book that analyses the problems of the dramatization of “Corto Maltese”, one of the most emblematic comic series of our contemporary culture. Since the start of the project, the only “artistic captain” on board of Corto’s ship was the director Pascal Morelli, who supervised the making of the series of 26x26 minutes that should be also screened on the French TV channels Canal+ and France Télévision. With the help of Robert Réa, the stubborn producer of Ellipsanime, Pascal Morelli managed to sign up a crew that followed him without any problem from the summer of 1997 on when he was officially asked to make an animated pilot episode of Corto Maltese. A little bit like the “Studio Corto”, a magic place with an enthralling atmosphere, an immobile ship that served as casket for Corto Maltese’s adventures, the book invites readers to start a journey through the making of a cartoon film totally made in France. They will discover that the five-year long stormy crossings were often dotted with many different types of storms and hurricanes. But, after all, this is the fate common to everything that is rare, isn’t it? The book narrates how, at the mercy of winds and tides, a crew of drawers, animators and colour engineers tried to make a faithful three-dimensional version of the beautiful Hugo Pratt’s work. This book also shows the obstinacy of a director who wanted to portray an unabridged flash of adolescence. |
