Too Loud A Solitude

Filmmmaker Genevieve Anderson will show a preview of her in progress animated narrative feature film. With puppets, animation and Paul Giamatti’s voice, Anderson creates a visually stunning dramatic film adapted from the beloved Czech novella.

This award winning artist and short film director of Boxed, Sunlight, and Ola’s Box of Clovers will bring to life Czech author Bohumil Hrabal’s beloved novella Too Loud A Solitude (Příliš hlučná samota ,1976), marking her feature film debut and the first of Hrabal’s works to be adapted by an American director.

With a script by Alex MacInnis (This American Life, “Down to the Bone”), and visual effects supervised by Evan Jacobs (“Captain America”, “Ant Man”, “Avengers”, “Alice in Wonderland”). “Too Loud a Solitude” will utilize live action puppets, animation, stock photographs and footage to tell the story of a waste paper compactor within a police state who has acquired an education so unwitting he often can’t tell which are his thoughts and which come from his books.

“The project was inspired by reading the book several years ago and realizing that it was excellent material for a puppet/animation film, given that it takes place largely in the memories, dreams, and visions of the book’s protagonist, Hanta. We have been working on this project for over 12 years with a committed team of film professionals who all share the same love of the book and its singular account of human resilience and the indestructibility of beautiful ideas.”  Genevieve Anderson

From the Czech Center.