The Sand Castle (1961)

Release Date: 1961-01-01
Runtime: 1h 4min
Production Company: Heptagon Films
Production Country: United States of America
Director: Jerome Hill

A little boy and his sister forced to spend a day at the beach build a sand castle, to the delight and interest of others. Rich black and white photography collides with a novel fantasy sequence combining color photography, stop motion and cutout animation. Equal parts Jacques Tati, A. Lamorisse and (Hill's perrenial favorite) C. G. Jung.