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Dersu Uzala (Al Taliaferro/Akira Kurosawa)

Artist: Alberto Lavoradori (All)

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Dersu Uzala (Al Taliaferro/Akira Kurosawa) Comic Art
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Artwork Details

Title: Dersu Uzala (Al Taliaferro/Akira Kurosawa)
Artist: Alberto Lavoradori (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Commission
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 3,228
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Comments: 4
Added to Site: 1/7/2019
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Description

This new hybrid is a tribute to the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa and one of the most important fathers of Donald Duck, Al Taliaferro.

"Dersu Uzala" is about an explorer sent by the Russian army on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness, where he is rescued and makes friends with a rugged local Asian hunter. They'll later meet again when the explorer returns, guiding a larger expedition group, and the hunter finds that all of his nature lore is of no help when he accompanies the explorer back to civilization.

Alberto's illustration here shows a truly magnificent composition, with the hunter facing a tiger in a lush environment.

Also included, in the additional images, are the preliminary and color versions (by Lavoradori himself).

Please check the other pieces in the series:
- 01) The DUCK Thing (Rodolfo Cimino/John Carpenter)
- 02) The DUCK Brood (Luciano Bottaro/David Cronenberg)
- 03) Stalker (Giovan Battista Carpi/Andreij Tarkovskij)
- 04) Valhalla Rising (Massimo De Vita/Nicolas Winding Refn)
- 05) I Giorni Contati (Carl Barks/Elio Petri)
- 06) 2001: A Space Odyssey (Floyd Gottfredson/Stanley Kubrick)
- 07) The Birds (Romano Scarpa/Alfred Hitchcock)
- 08) The Abyss (Giorgio Cavazzano/James Cameron)
- 09) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Corrado Mastantuono/Don Siegel)
- 10) The Man Who Fell to Earth (Carlo Chendi/Nicolas Roeg)
- 11) Giù la Testa (Ub Iwerks/Sergio Leone)
- 12) Eraserhead (Al Hubbard/David Lynch)
- 13) Dersu Uzala (Al Taliaferro/Akira Kurosawa)
- 14) The Zero Theorem (Bill Walsh/Terry Gilliam)
- 15) Gran Torino (Dick Kinney/Clint Eastwood)
- 16) Breathless (Paul Murry/Jean-Luc Godard)
- 17) Edward Scissorhands (Walt Disney/Tim Burton)
- 18) Wild Strawberries (Ward Kimball/Ingmar Bergman)
- 19) Altered States (Vic Lockman/Ken Russell)
- 20) Kill Bill (Marc Davis/Quentin Tarantino)
- 21) Mackenna's Gold (Guido Martina/J. Lee Thompson)
- 22) The Belly of an Architect (Mary J. Blair/Peter Greenaway)
- 23) The Beyond (Bill Peet/Lucio Fulci)
- 24) Taste of Cherry (E.H. Shepard/Abbas Kiarostami)

Many thanks, Alberto!


Paper size: 25 x 35 cm

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Davide G. 
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 1/7/2019

I watched this beautiful movie at school, back when I was a kid, and I clearly remember how I was impressed by the magnificence of the landscapes, totally new for my young eyes, and by the power of the message. Great work by Alberto, as his usual!

William B. 
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 1/9/2019

Il preludio di una grande avventura

Alberto VG 
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 1/13/2019

Splendid homage!! great detail work !!

Alessandro  Pignatelli 
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 11/3/2020

Magical atmosphere, magical illustration for a historical and evocative movie!

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