Castle

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Call Number: DVD 720.9 Ca, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / Art & Architecture / Castle
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Originally produced in 1983.
Hosted by David Macaulay ; with David Macaulay and Sarah Bullen.
CASTLE combines colorful animation with live-action documentary sequences to tell the story of a 13th-century Welsh castle. Author David Macaulay, who wrote and illustrated the best-selling book of the same title, leads viewers on a castle tour, explaining its cultural and sociological significance and its architectural design. Detailed animation dramatizes the building of the castle and portrays the lifestyle of the early inhabitants.
DVD ; full screen.
Contents: Castle.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

OK submitted by fka83111 on August 25, 2011, 7:42pm If you are into history, art or architecture.

informative submitted by yufamily on August 4, 2019, 2:02pm Another fine PBS documentary

Dated but Charming submitted by Meginator on June 27, 2020, 5:54pm Though dated, this charming documentary offers a lot of interesting information about the construction and uses of castles in early Medieval England and Wales. With its sense of humor and its blend of live-action and animated segments, the film works for a variety of audiences. The continuing animated narrative, though firmly entrenched in 1980s technology and techniques, helps viewers imagine what life in and around these structures may have actually been like and maintains a light-hearted tone even when the castle is inevitably shown to have faults. This documentary has its little flaws, and I can’t speak for the current state of scholarship on castle construction and functions, but it’s fun and informative in equal measure once you get past (or embrace) the 1980s-ness of it all.