Can You Tell Me? (2009)
Edited found footage.
A drawn, painted, and rotoscoped portrait of James Earl Jones. The voice actor experienced a stutter from a young age; extensive therapy liberated Jones from vocal adversity to discover his talent for speech. But who is he without his voice? The man behind Darth Vader, Mufasa, and "This is CNN" becomes virtually unrecognizable in the video below, "Can You Tell Me?". The original footage featured Jones reciting the alphabet for a Sesame Street segment. The monologue - visually and audibly - has been removed from the scene, leaving a choking, stuttering Jones speechless. Drawings and paintings of the actor express the same sentiment of lost identity through removal or omission of information.
A drawn, painted, and rotoscoped portrait of James Earl Jones. The voice actor experienced a stutter from a young age; extensive therapy liberated Jones from vocal adversity to discover his talent for speech. But who is he without his voice? The man behind Darth Vader, Mufasa, and "This is CNN" becomes virtually unrecognizable in the video below, "Can You Tell Me?". The original footage featured Jones reciting the alphabet for a Sesame Street segment. The monologue - visually and audibly - has been removed from the scene, leaving a choking, stuttering Jones speechless. Drawings and paintings of the actor express the same sentiment of lost identity through removal or omission of information.