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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1984 - 28 July.5 August

Sections & Films

QUEST

Category: Edition 1984

Synopsis
On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days. They must also live in caves to escape the bitter cold of night and the killing heat of day. One young boy is determined to find his way back to the ship that brought them there. But how will accomplish this in the short time left to him?

Original Title Quest
Italian Title La ricerca
Category Official Competition
Section Competition
Tipology Short Film
Duration 30'
Production Year 1984
Nationality USA
Directed by Saul Bass, Elaine Bass
Screenplay Ray Bradbury
Main cast John Abbott, Noah Hathaway, David Comfort

 regista Saul BassSAUL BASS

Saul Bass ( May 8, 1920) was an American graphic designer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos.
During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood's most prominent filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Among his most famous title sequences are the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm for Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm, the credits racing up and down what eventually becomes a high-angle shot of a skyscraper in Hitchcock's North by Northwest, and the disjointed text that races together and apart in Psycho.
Bass designed some of the most iconic corporate logos in North America, including the Bell System logo in 1969, as well as AT&T's globe logo in 1983 after the breakup of the Bell System. He also designed Continental Airlines' 1968 jet stream logo and United Airlines' 1974 tulip logo, which became some of the most recognized airline industry logos of the era.

 regista elaine bassELAINE BASS

Elaine Bass (née Makatura) is an American film title designer and filmmaker.
Elaine worked for many years alongside Saul Bass, a graphic designer, title designer, and filmmaker whom she married in 1961. Together, they developed many projects for directors such as Martin Scorsese and Danny DeVito. She is one of the main designers who helped to elevate the short film and the title sequence to an art form.