Premiere Date: July 11, 2006
Synopsis
Why do the comic-strip Adventures of Tintin, about an intrepid boy reporter, continue to fascinate us decades after their publication? "Tintin and I" highlights the potent social and political underpinnings that give Tintin's world such depth, and delve into the mind of Hergé, Tintin's work-obsessed Belgian creator, to reveal the creation and development of Tintin over time. Rare and surprisingly candid 1970s interviews reveal the profound insecurities and anxieties that drove Hergé to produce stories that have not only entertained millions of children but also helped to satisfy a personal longing for self-expression. With stunning visual effects, "Tintin and I" takes us on a fascinating journey into the psyche and brilliant work of Hergé, in his own words.
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It was obvious to me that Tintin in Tibet had to be the climax of an intense personal drama — played out so movingly by Hergé in the snowy and desolate plains of Himalaya. All I had to do was unearth the story...”
— Anders Østergaard
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Fascinating blog post from the NYTimes about "Tintin in Congo," and its removal from the Brooklyn Public Library.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/a-librarys-approach-to-books-that-offend/
"The book, published 79 years ago, was moved in 2007 from the public area of the library to a back room where it is held under lock and key.
The move came after a patron objected, as others have, to the way Africans are depicted in the book. “The content is racially offensive to black people,’’ a librarian wrote on Form 286, also known as a Request for Reconsideration of Library Material [pdf].
In particular, the patron took issue with illustrations that she felt had the Africans “looking like monkeys,’’ but other elements of the book have also drawn criticism over the years — from the broken French that the natives speak to their general simple-mindedness."
by Ruiyan Xu
August 19, 2009, 1:26 PM
Tintin in the Congo
I wasn't particularly surprised to read that in our PC world, a work of children's fiction had been deemed too risque to be read by the author's intended audience.
I was, however, disappointed.
I grew up reading Tintin and I own all but one of Herge's works in three different languages.
I read Tintin in the Congo in German (Tim im Congo), when I was about 11 years old. While there is no argument that Africans were depicted as a stereotype by Herge (as are Jews, Arabs, Indians - south, north and eastern, Chinese [to a lesser extent], Scots and Americans), I NEVER viewed Blacks (or any of Herge's other charicatured peoples) as anything other than human beings, equal to me in every way, because I was raised by people took the time to tell me that we are all equal.
If parents teach intolerance, a child will grow up to be intolerant; but if a child is taught tolerance, no matter what a child sees, they will know what is right, and seeing something offensive will not change them.
Herge's work is fiction, and while to some, the way he describes many peoples could be or is offensive, effectively banning this book, as the New York Library has done is ridiculous.
Freedom of choice means having the right to not expose ourselves to something offensive - by walking away from it or not looing at it - that right does not extend to preventing others from seeing the same thing.
by Simo from Toronto, Ontario
October 19, 2009, 12:50 PM