Dark Fairy Tale Animated Short with John Hurt — THE ALCHEMIST'S LETTER
Director Carlos Stevens has created a visually stunning, dark, moving fairy tale adventure short film for you to watch called The Alchemist’s Letter. The film is beautifully animated, and it has a steampunk style and feel to it that is spectacularly brought to life.
It features the voice talent of John Hurt (Alien, V For Vendetta) as he narrates the story about an estranged young man, who "receives his late alchemist father Nicolas’ inheritance, [and] is exposed to the ill-fated reality that his father had built a tumultuous gold making machine powered by his own memories. The film takes us on an enchanted journey through the vessels of the machine where we explore the contents of the alchemist’s most precious memories, all in an attempt to give his son one last life lesson and save his relationship with his daughter from following down the same fateful path."
The movie also includes an original score composed by Mikael Sandgren, who is the music editor of Memento and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film also features the voice of Eloise Webb (The Iron Lady, Cinderella). I really loved this short, and I'm pretty sure that many of you will as well.