Tintin et moi (2003)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Anders Østergaard

Writer:

Anders Østergaard (scenario)

Release Date:

16 January 2004 (Denmark)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Tagline:

Meet the man behind the masterpiece.

Plot:

A high-profiled documentary about Hergé and his major cartoon success, Tintin, based in part on previously unreleased archive tape footage. |

Plot Keywords:

Tintin | Snow | Cartoonist | Comic | German Occupation

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Numa Sadoul	...	Interviewer
Hergé	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michael Farr	...	Himself
Harry Thompson	...	Himself
Andy Warhol	...	Himself (archive footage)
Fanny Rodwell	...	Herself
Gérard Valet	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Beck	...	(voice)
Olivier Cuvelier	...	(voice)
Danièlle Denise	...	(voice)
Per Kapper	...	Model
Lars Kirchhoff	...	Model
Alan Louis	...	(voice)
Karin Mørch	...	Interviewer
Patrick Waleffe	...	(voice)

Also Known As:

Tintin and I (Australia) (DVD title) (UK)
Hergé: A Documentary Portrait (Denmark) (working title)
Tintin and Me (International: English title) (literal title)
Tintin et moi (France)
Tintin och jag (Sweden)
Tintin og mig (Denmark) (alternative title)

Runtime:

Denmark:75 min | Argentina:75 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

Denmark | Belgium | France | Switzerland | Sweden

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Geneva, Canton Geneva, Switzerland

Company:

Angel Films

Trivia:

In an unusual use of special effects, Hergé's lips were re-animated to fit some of the sound clips of his voice played in the film.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#31.2)" (2004)

Masterpiece documentary

"Tintin and I" first of all struck me as a masterpiece documentary. The photography and the editing are truly breath-taking (almost anti-Dogma).

We follow the life of Tintin drawer Hergé through an open-hearted interview from 1971. The Tintin series was drawn on the background of the great ideological fights of the twentieth century. In the midst of these Hergé has his own demons to fight with, and much of his drawing activity seems like an attempt to tame these and to escape into a world of perfection.

Even though there are spectacular photographic panoramas of drawings from Tintin albums and also some reconstructions and reading of passages from the albums, the story of Hergé is told entirely through interviews and archive material, and never through reconstructions.

Hergé lived the turbulent life of a true, suffering artist. But the fantastic world that came of his imagination will continue to amaze readers again and again.