Loose Moon Productions presents

 ... poetry in motion ...  new fifteen minute  35 mm film conceived by T. D. White produced and directed by

Seamus McNally ("The Hypnotist") and inspired by Jacques Prevert's poetic masterpiece.

... a boy of ten peeks in on the life of a painter as he prepares a canvas for the arrival of God, a  bird, 

heaven's kiss.  The narrative will be available in French and English (translation by "Beat generation" poet

Lawrence Ferlinghetti) and will also soon be available in other languages.  "To Paint the Portrait of a Bird"

was filmed by Jonathon Cliff of Toronto in 2005/6 as the seasons passed.  From its opening frame

on, this exquisite motion picture attempts to capture for celluloid the sheer beauty, and the artful language,

of one of the world's most beloved poems, the favorite of generations of children and adults.

Peindre d'abord une cage ...

... thus begins the poem penned by JACQUES PREVERT who was celebrated both for his "surrealist" poetry

in such collections as Fatras and Paroles, and for such screenplays as "Les enfants du paradis" and "Le jour se

leve," directed by Marcel Carne, and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."  The lyrics for the song "Autumn Leaves"

are his.

... translator LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI is the founder of San Francisco's historic City Lights Bookstore and a

well-known poet of  the "Beat Generation."

... SEAMUS MCNALLY  is an actor and director responsible for The Hypnotist (2003) which was an official

selection of the 27th annual Montreal Festival des Films du Monde, and The Memory of Honi, a mixed-media

production which opened at New York City's Culture Project in 2005.

... T. D. WHITE is a New York City actor (Law and Order's Conviction, Sex and the City) and playwright and

President of  Loose Moon Productions, Inc. (Murder by Word of Mouth, David Mamet's Reunion).