{"id":2043992,"date":"2008-06-22T14:29:21","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T14:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/romagazin\/en\/product\/gopo-7-arts-grand-prix-tours-france-1958\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T12:18:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T12:18:33","slug":"gopo-7-arts-grand-prix-tours-france-1958","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/magazin.romfilatelia.ro\/en\/product\/gopo-7-arts-grand-prix-tours-france-1958\/","title":{"rendered":"GOPO \u201e7 ARTS\u201c &#8211; Grand Prix Tours (France) 1958"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/gopo_M.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2004102 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/gopo_M-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"gopo_M\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>50 years ago, during the Film Festival in Tours (France), \u201e7 Arts\u201c, a cartoon movie made by Ion Popescu-Gopo, won the Grand Prix. 50 years ago, during the Film Festival in Tours (France), \u201e7 Arts\u201c, a cartoon movie made by Ion Popescu-Gopo, won the Grand Prix.<br \/>\nFor remembering this major event for the Romanian cinematography, Romfilatelia celebrates the event by the release of the postage stamps issue GOPO \u201e7 ARTS\u201c, Grand Prix in Tours (France) 1958.<br \/>\nBorn in Bucharest in 1923, Ion Popescu-Gopo made his entrance by publishing caricatures in the local press in his early 16. He attended the classes of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest which he never graduated but instead he did graduate an animation course in Moscow.<br \/>\n1949 is the year when Gopo made his way with the cartoons production The Purse with Two Coppers (Punguta cu doi bani), in close collaboration with his father and the famous Matty Aslan.<br \/>\nStarting with 1950, the Cinematographic Studio in Bucharest becomes a second home for him and he started working in the animation department. His next productions counted The Naughty Duck (Ratoiul neascultator), The Bee and the Pigeon (Albina si porumbelul), Two Bunnies (Doi iepurasi), Marinica, A Wealthy Fly (O musca cu bani), The Malicious Hedgehog (Ariciul rautacios), Galateea.<br \/>\nUnable to attain Disney\u2019s animation movie, innovative and nonconformist spirit, Gopo created the Little Man (Omuletul), a nude character made in just several lines but who is extremely absorbed in the matters of the world.<br \/>\n\u201eThe moment I realized I would not be able to stand up to his technical perfection, I started creating anti-Disney animation movies. So no beauty, no color, no delicacy. The only domain I stood a chance to face him was the theme approached\u201c- recalled Ion Popescu-Gopo about his character.<br \/>\nGopo was the only Romanian film maker winning the Palme d\u2019Or at Cannes, in 1957 for A Short Story (Scurta istorie), which Georges Sadoul described as follows: \u201eWithin ten minutes, his movie manages to shape poetical ideas in a humorous short story filled with rhythm and imagination. The fact that his movie owes nothing to Disney, nor to Grimault, nor to the Czech school, or to the Soviet school is extremely important. For the Cannes festival, this movie was a major breakthrough that had to be appreciated accordingly, being awarded the brilliance of the Palm d\u2019Or.\u201c<br \/>\n1958 is the year when Gopo reached its utmost peak with the production of \u201e7 Arts\u201c, film that would be rewarded with the Academy Award for the best cartoons movie within the Film Festival in Tours (France).<br \/>\nHere is how Gopo would sum up his beloved and award winner character: \u201eI have created the little man from a reduced number of lines. His eyes are merely two dots; he is incapable of rolling about his eyes or make sheep\u2019s eyes at someone. I willingly abridged my alternatives. His mouth is close to immovable. I have not taken any advantage from the expression of his face either. The theme, however, gained force.\u201c<br \/>\nEven today, grace to the themes approached, grace to the Little Man (Omuletul), Gopo is a present reality and, at the same time, an everlasting one.<br \/>\nHis character, alongside with those created by Disney, are currently just a recollection since the present cartoons have failed to reach the artistic value of the past ones and we can but rhetorically wonder: Where are the former cartoons?&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We hereby express our gratitude to Babel Communications for all the support granted for the accomplishment of this postage stamps issue.<\/p>\n<p>Issue date: 2008-06-22<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/gopo_box_rom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2004101 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/gopo_box_rom.jpg\" alt=\"gopo_box_rom\" width=\"1200\" height=\"523\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 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