Animation

  • Eiichi Yamamoto – Sen’ya ichiya monogatari AKA One Thousand and One Nights (1969)

    1961-1970AnimationEiichi YamamotoEroticaJapan

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    This movie is completely wacky. Completely. Wacky. It concerns the story of a poor water seller in Baghdad who stumbles his way through ali baba and his 40 thieves, the tower of Babel, sinbad the sailor, the island of the sirens and many others stories that either i didn’t recognise from the 1001 nights stories or were just made up by the animation team on one of what must have been many acid binges. The film was made in 1969 with a crew of about 15 animators and others (the same names pop up in multiple roles) and is thus forced to employ a number of techniques to cheapen the animation, using still frames incorporating live action shots (for such hard to animate things as the ocean) and shooting live action footage of miniature models for the landscape shots.Read More »

  • David Lynch – The Grandmother (1970)

    1961-1970AnimationDavid LynchShort FilmUSA

    Synopsis:
    An imaginative lad of about ten has a couple of problems: he wets his bed, and his parents are abusive and disgusting. In a spare room, he finds a bag of seeds, which he plants in soil that he’s placed in the middle of a single bed. The seed sprouts and grows into a grandmother, who’s loving and approving. Life with his parents and with his imagination continues. Is a smiling grandmother enough to get him through?Read More »

  • Wolfgang Reitherman – Robin Hood (1973)

    1971-1980AdventureAnimationUSAWolfgang Reitherman

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    An imaginative Disney version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abound as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest and his valiant sidekick plot one daring adventure after another to outwit the greedy prince and his partner as they put the tax squeeze on the poor.Read More »

  • Walt Disney – Walt Disney’s Fantasia (1940)

    1931-1940AnimationFantasyUSAWalt Disney

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    Disney animators set pictures to Western classical music as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” features Mickey Mouse as an aspiring magician who oversteps his limits. “The Rite of Spring” tells the story of evolution, from single-celled animals to the death of the dinosaurs. “Dance of the Hours” is a comic ballet performed by ostriches, hippos, elephants, and alligators. “Night on Bald Mountain” and “Ave Maria” set the forces of darkness and light against each other as a devilish revel is interrupted by the coming of a new day.Read More »

  • Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske – Alice in Wonderland (1951)

    USA1951-1960AnimationClyde GeronimiFantasyHamilton LuskeWilfred Jackson

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    Alice is a daydreaming young girl. She finds learning poems and listening to literature boring. She prefers stories with pictures and to live inside her imagination. One day, while enduring just such a poetry reading, she spots a large white rabbit…dressed in a jacket and carrying a large watch. He scurries off, saying he’s late, for a very important date. She follows him through the forest. He then disappears down a rabbit hole. Alice follows, leading her to all manner of discoveries, characters and adventures.Read More »

  • René Laloux – La planète sauvage AKA Fantastic Planet (1973)

    1971-1980AnimationArthouseFranceRené Laloux

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    On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.Read More »

  • René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo – Astérix et Cléopâtre AKA Asterix and Cleopatra (1968)

    1961-1970AdventureAlbert UderzoAnimationRené Goscinny

    Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time. With the help of a magic potion, Asterix comes to the rescue of the Queen of the Nile as Caesar and an angry architect plot against them.Read More »

  • Aleksandr Petrov – Moya Lyubov aka My Love (2006)

    2001-2010Aleksandr PetrovAnimationRussiaShort Film

    Synopsis:
    Moya lyubov (My Love) is the latest breathtaking animation by Aleksandr Petrov, using his conventional technique of paint-on-glass, a very painstaking and time consuming technique (Moya Lyubov took 5 years to make) but also a very rewarding one, always a visual treat. Based on “A Love Story” (1927) by Ivan Shmelyov, it tells the story of Anton, a sixteen year old high-school student, high on romanticism and heroism, searching for his beloved, to whom he’ll give his first feelings.Read More »

  • Hayao Miyazaki – Kaze tachinu AKA The Wind Rises (2013)

    2011-2020AnimationDramaHayao MiyazakiJapan

    Synopsis
    Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world’s most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan’s plunge into war. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo.Read More »

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