The Year 1812 (War and Peace) Sándor Reisenbüchler, 1972

I am super high on Sándor Reisenbüchler at the moment, so you get more of this sort of thing.

barbarok ideje (The Age of the Barbarians) Sándor Reisenbüchler, 1970

IT IS CHRISTMAS AND MY BIRTHDAY AND THIS IS MY PONY. I have been wanting to see this piece for AGES and now I can and so can you.

YAY YAY YAY YAY WOOOOOO!

Swinging the Lambeth Walk, Len Lye, 1939

Cane Toad: What Happened to Baz? David Clayton and Andrew Silke, 2002

Hisab, Ezra Wube, 2011

An African tale painted on a single canvas.

Ready, Able, Allison Schulnik, 2009

Vidoe for Grizzly Bear's song Ready, Able.

Via The Near Sighted Monkey

Sombras, Rigo Mora, 2005

Delivery, Patrick Smith, 2002

To Speak or Not To Speak, Raoul Servais, 1970

Cat Soup, Tatsuo Sato, 2001

The Magic Flute, Valeri Ugarov, 1994

A Date with Dizzy, John Hubley, 1956

Eyewash (1959) and A Man and His Dog Out for Air(1956) Robert Breer

Yesterday, I found out that avante garde animator Robert Breer passed away at the age of 84.


R.I.P. I genuinely enjoyed your work, sir. Thank you.

Eyewash


A Man and His Dog Out For Air


I've featured his film REcreation before, but I'd like you to watch it with me now. It's a favorite of mine.

夢売り(Selling Dreams) Hayashi Shoko, 2008

Psycho Media Party, Asayama Dotera, 2008

The Treasure Island, D.Cherkasskiy, 1986, 1988

Part one is 47 minutes, part two is just shy of an hour.

Part one (1986)



Part two (1988)

Terry Gilliam's Do It Yourself Animation Show, Bob Godfrey, 1974

"Terry, what advice do you have for people out there who want to make film animation?"

"Well, Bob, don't. Keep well away from it - it's dangerous stuff.

In 1974, animator Bob Godfrey hosted the Do It Yourself Film Animation Show. He invited established animators to demonstrate their techniques, and inspired a new generation of British animators. (Oh look there's a book, too.

Anyway. It's my birthday. I love Terry Gilliam. Everything I am today is pretty much his fault.





So now you know how to do that, you can make me some cartoons. Get cracking, people.

The Mouse and his Child, Charles Swenson and Fred Wolf, 1977

Adaptation of Russell Hoban's novel about two mechanical toy mice, and their quest to become "self-winding". via

The full length feature.

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, Ram Mohan, Yugo Sako, and Koichi Sasko, 1992

Animal Farm, Joy Batchelor and John Halas, 1954

The full movie, based on George Orwell's novel.

Tom Waits for No One, John Lamb, 1979

Tom Waits performed in 1978 live at the La Brea stage in Hollywood, photographed and rotoscoped.The original live action was shot with 5 cameras - 2 high, 2 low and one hand held.. shot by Dan O'Dowd and crew..The music from "The One That Got Away" blared in the background as Tom sang the lyrics. Donna Gordon is the dancer performing as the stripper, 6 takes and 13 hours of video footage were edited to make a 5 1/2 minute live action short which we turned into animation. A total of 5,500 frames were captured, re-drawn, inked and painted by hand onto celluloid acitate to create this film. Produced by Lyon Lamb Video Animation Systems and directed by John Lamb, the film bore some cool new technology and talent ..and was created specifically for a burgeoning video music market that didn't yet exist and arguably may be the first music video created for the MTV market.However, a series of unfortunate events prohibited the film from ever
being released or sold commercially, consequently catapulting it into obscurity.
In 1979, an Academy Award was presented to Lyon Lamb for the technology used in this short. (Via)

Thanks, Ian.



ETA: some of the raw footage, prior to rotoscoping:

Valse Triste (Sad Waltz) Bruno Bozzetto, 1976

This is another segment of Bruno Bozzetto's brilliant Allegro Non Troppo, and is definitely a top contender for saddest cartoon ever.

Elmer's Candid Camera, Chuck Jones, 1938

A Little Soap and Water, Dave Fleischer, 1935

A Day at the Zoo, Tex Avery, 1939

Shivering Trunks, Natalia Brozynska, 2010

With charming commentary by the director.



Via Metafilter

We're in the Money, Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising,1933

Page Miss Glory, Tex Avery, 1936

Gertie the Dinosaur, Winsor McCay, 1914

I have been posting animation for two years. How I have managed to NOT post this one blows my mind.

Felix Revolts, Otto Mesmer, 1923

Ain't Nature Grand, Isadore Freleng, 1930