The Animators Who've Spent 40 Years on a Single Film (2021)
In 1980, renowned Russian animators Yuri Norstein and Francheska Yarbusova began production on a beautiful stop-motion film called The Overcoat. After 40 years of work, the film remains unfinished, and The Overcoat has taken the record for longest animation production of all time.
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Yuri Norstein as |
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Francheska Yarbusova as |