Thomas Cannon

I felt very bashful towards my serious collaborators, to engage them in such a fairy tale world, but for me it was real. “What has this to do with the year 1923?” said Walter Ruttmann. “Nothing,” I could only say, “but that I am alive now, and I want to do it as I have the chance.” But he did the most wonderful things for this film, and the bits I did together with him are the ones I am most proud of.