Painted Tales: Paul Klee - Landscape With Yellow Birds

Record ID: 126946
  • Title: Painted Tales: Paul Klee - Landscape With Yellow Birds
  • Date: 23rd February 1990
  • Summary: IN EACH STORY, A DIFFERENT PAINTING BY A WELL KNOWN ARTIST, EITHER ACTS AS THE T RIGGER FOR THE TALE, OR IS WOVEN INTO THE STORY. THIS EPISODE; ' LANDSCAPE WITH YELLOW BIRDS' BY PAUL KLEE. DAWN BREAKS IN THE PAINTING AND WE DISCOVER THE BANKS OF THE RIVER NILE BEHIND T HE FOLIAGE. THE SMALLEST YELLOW BIRD ATTEMPTING TO FIND WORMS OUTRAGES A CHEETA H AFTER PULLING HIS TAIL AND IS SAVED BY A PINK LADY HIPPO. SHE TAKES THEM ON A CRUISE, ON HER BACK, ALONG THE RIVER NILE TO LUXOR WHERE SHE SAYS, THE BEST MUD AND WORMS ARE TO BE FOUND. THERE, AMONG THE RUINS, THE CHEETAH CHASES THE YELL OW BIRD. FINALLY, THE HIPPO ESCORTS THEM TO THE MUDFLATS WHERE THE BIRD GORGES HIMSELF ON WORMS. HE BECOMES TOO FAT TO FIT BACK INTO HIS PAINTING. THE CHEETA H ENFORCES A CRASH COURSE OF EXERCIES FOR HIM. HE SQUEEZES BACK INTO HIS PAINTI NG JUST AS THE CARETAKER APPEARS TO DISCOVER YELLOW FEATHERS UNDER THE PAINTING.
  • Description:A SERIES OF ANIMATED TALES BASED ON THE ADVENTURES OF CHARACTERS OUT OF FAMOUS PAINTINGS IN AN ART GALLERY TO INTEREST CHILDREN AND ADULTS. ANIMATOR IS KATE CANNING.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:PRODUCTION STUDIO
  • Programme Episode:Episode 8
  • Transmission Date:23/02/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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