{"id":13685,"date":"2014-11-03T12:45:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T19:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/?p=13685"},"modified":"2015-01-15T15:41:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T22:41:37","slug":"summa-shorts-the-herbalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/2014\/11\/summa-shorts-the-herbalist\/","title":{"rendered":"SSF: &#8220;The Herbalist&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>This one has a gorgeous \u201cpainterly\u201d style, even if it\u2019s a bit on the dark side, story-wise. Reminds me of the great Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Back\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/2014\/01\/farewell-frederic-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">\u201cThe Man Who Planted Trees,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0in some ways. Except way more pessimistic. (Also, you need to watch through the credits, because the reference to the past in the short\u2019s description won\u2019t make any sense otherwise.)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A man, in the twilight of his life, is enjoying the sunset. The balance shifts when what he spent his life running away from catches him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"L&#039;HERBORISTE (version longue)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yuXclv1JHiM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>As a special bonus, tons and tons of pre-production\/production\/post-production <a href=\"http:\/\/lherboriste-film.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">sketches<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCF3hDZ3Eob0dr9nl-b9zdAw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">videos<\/a> are available. \u2026though being a French speaker-or-reader would probably help. (I say \u201cprobably\u201d because I\u2019m neither. And I don\u2019t entirely trust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/2014\/02\/frozens-let-it-go-gets-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Google Translate<\/a>. Is \u201cherbalist\u201d the same thing as \u201cl\u2019herboriste,\u201d for example? I have no idea.)<\/p>\n<p>For additional\u00a0deep background, check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/duchesnaydenis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the website<\/a>\u00a0of <a href=\"http:\/\/duchesnaydenis.com\/?s=herborist\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Denis Duchesnay<\/a>, one of the short\u2019s directors. There are some particularly neat <a href=\"http:\/\/duchesnaydenis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Herborist_Abel_concept01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">hand-drawn pre-production sketches<\/a> there that make me think I\u2019d have liked to see a more \u201ctraditional\u201d version instead of this CGI one. Though the <a href=\"http:\/\/lherboriste-film.blogspot.fr\/search\/label\/Pr%C3%A9production\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cpainterly\u201d flavor<\/a> I mentioned before really captured my attention, so maybe I should just say \u201ca traditional, hand-drawn version <em>as well<\/em>.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/109\/2014\/11\/Herboriste_compositing_image04.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14214\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/109\/2014\/11\/Herboriste_compositing_image04.jpg\" alt=\"Herboriste_compositing_image04\" width=\"610\" height=\"351\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small; line-height: 14px;\"><strong>Attribution(s):<\/strong> All artwork, publicity images, and stills are the property of all respective creators and\/or distributors.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one has a gorgeous \u201cpainterly\u201d style, even if it\u2019s a bit on the dark side, story-wise. 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