Beowulf (15 page)

 

She walks into the sea. Her hair streams out behind her, like seaweed. She walks out until the sea covers her completely…and her song is done.

 

We watch the sun rise slowly.

 

She does not reappear.

 

She has gone beneath the waves.

 

THE END

An early drawing by Roger Avary showing the size of Grendel. Note that Grendel's pose is in the style of Egon Schiele.

The first Stephen Norrington Grendel designs commissioned by Avary, who especially loved the penis taped to the leg.

More Norrington designs.

An early design of Grendel wearing a mask made of whale bones.

Another early Norrington design.

These seventeen pieces are an early storyboard that envisions the climatic battle.