Dear businessmen!
Owners of factories, newspapers, and steamboats!
Doubtless some of you are also fathers and mothers and grandparents!
I, Garri Bardin, director of animated films, appeal to you.
We are often forced to exclaim: "Goodness, what nonsense is shown to our children!"
The very minute that you began reading my letter, an opportunity was opened to you to change this situation; perhaps not cordially, but to the best of our abilities.
This year I have begun creating the animated feature film "The Ugly Duckling". What influenced me to choose this tale by Hans Christian Andersen? Worry.
In our multinational country there is a growing intolerance to people who are not like others, who speak other languages and have different beliefs. This emerging xenophobia is beneficial to some people for their narrow political goals. Children should not be exposed to this. They can still be taught to live with everyone across the world in peace and friendship!
I have written a script based on this tale by H. C. Andersen. The film will run for 75 minutes; 56 of these will be accompanied by the wonderful music of Tchaikovsky, from the ballets "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker", arranged for the film by S. Anashkin. The sound was recorded by the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under the baton of Vladimir Spivakov. The lyrics were written by the wonderfull poet Yuliy Kim, and were sung by V. Kachan, Y. Rutberg, S. Stepchenko and the choir of Mikhail Turetskiy. The talented artist Kirill Chelushkin is attached to the film.
The film will be sad, and happy, and touching. Different techniques will be used in the filming: puppets, clay, marionettes. The film is expected to be finished in 2010.
Everything is ready for this: a wonderfull soundtrack, high-quality storyboards and characters, and a professional team from the studio "Stayer", which I have led for fifteen years.
The Russian Ministry of Culture is ready to finance one third of the film's budget. The other two thirds I will search for and, I hope, find.
The "Garri Bardin Fund" has been created especially for this project, to store money which is necessary for the creation of the film. If you are ready to participate in this project, I invite you to do so.
Believe me, this money will not be used by me for personal enrichment.
A big thank you in advance,
Garri Bardin
phone/fax: +7 (495) 167.01.54
E-mail: garry@bardin.ru