House of Small Cubes, Kunio Kato, 2008

Les restes, Alexandre Fatta, 2012

I might have mentioned before how much I appreciate it when animation finds me. Such is the case with today's piece, which is a just brand new short by French Canadian artist Alexandre Fatta.

Love Me, Love me, Love Me, Richard Williams, 1962

Via the ever-wondrous Cartoon Brew

Memoirs of Captain de Ronch, Líviusz Gyulai, 2007

Tired of awesome Hungarian animation without subtitles? Too bad, because here is More of That Sort of Thing.

Garabonciák (Magic) Dóra Keresztes and István Orosz, 1985

Oh hey look more Hungarian animation without subtitles. But it's totally sweet.

Homo Faber, Szabó Sipos Tamás, 1967

Sorry, no subtitles.

Pauvre Pierrot, Charles-Emile Reynaud, 1892

Yes, you read that date correctly.

Charles-Emile Reynaud

presented this piece at his Théâtre Optique in 1892 - the first presentation of a projected moving picture show, using a modified version of his invention, the praxinoscope:

In 1888, (Reynaud) perfected a large scale projection version, that was similar in design to the projectors that would be used for cinema projection a few years later. Glass plates, individually painted by Reynaud himself, were mounted in leather bands. Each of the bands were connected by a metal strip with a hole through it which allowed it to locate on a pin on the rotating drum and align the image with the projecting lantern. By mounting the connected image strips on a pair of wheels similar to modern film reels, Reynaud was able to create a continuous series of moving images rather than restricting himself to 12 images, as had been the limit previously.

Here is a virtual reconstruction of Reynaud's device:

Little Nemo, Winsor McCay, 1911

Dreamy Dud: He Resolves Not To Smoke, Wallace Carlson, 1915

Une nuit sur le Mont Chauve, Alexander Alexeieff .1933

Pojedynek, Waldemar Mordarski, 2002

Waldemar Mordarski made this when he was a student of Piotr Dumala.

Stories About Space, Lev Atamanov, 1973

The Man and His Bird, Anatoly Solin, 1975

With a great score by Sophia Gubaidulina.

NO CARTOON

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NO CARTOON. IF THE STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT AND PROTECT IP ACT PASS, THERE WILL BE NO CARTOONS EVER. TELL CONGRESS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS DRACONIAN BULLSHIT. IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE USA, YOU CAN PETITION THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO TELL THEM HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS DRACONIAN BULLSHIT.

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OK, maybe a little one. BUT IT'S GOING TO SUCK.

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That was awful.

Holtágban (Dead Water) Tibor Banoczki, 2001

Phil Mulloy, Cowboys, 1991

The audience is familiar with genres and clichés, and I take advantage of that fact. The viewers soon discover their position in the usual scheme of things, and become conscious of their role.

Six films. Three minutes each. NSFW.

1.Slim Pickins

2. That's Nothin'

3.Murder

4. The Conformist

5. High Noon

6. Outrage

Aatomik, Elbert Tuganov, 1970

The Last Words of Dutch Schultz, Gerrit van Dijk, 2003

Põrgu (Hell) Rein Raamat, 1983

Book Revue, Robert Clampett, 1946

The Hick Chick, Tex Avery, 1946

The Lorax, Hawley Pratt, 1972

The Hobbit, Gene Deitch, 1966

(William)Snyder managed to get a phone call through to Zdenka’s office. (Phoning to Prague in those days was like trying to contact Uranus.) He had a preposterous order for me: Make a one-reel version of THE HOBBIT, and bring it to New York within 30 days! I thought he had been smoking something wilder than his contraband Cuban cigars. Not possible!

Originally planned as a full length feature film with Jiri Trnka, this short was made in 30 days. Read the story on Gene Deitch's site.

In fact, you really must check out Gene Deitch Credits, so many great stories



Via and via.

Horton Hears a Who, Chuck Jones, 1970

Horton Hatches the Egg,Robert Clampett 1942

The Egg Collector, Chuck Jones, 1940

Bear Feat, Chuck Jones, 1949

Gone with the Wind, Alexander Tatarsky, 1999

M.C. Escher; Sky and Water 1, Gayle Thomas, 1998

How to Become A Person, Vladimir Petkevitch, 1988

Obida, Roman Kachanov, 1962

The Room of Laughter, Nina Shorina, 1991