Heaven and Earth Magic (feature) Harry Smith,1957

I have posted an excerpt from this film before, but now you can see THE WHOLE DURN THING.

deleted animation from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Terry Gilliam, 1975

Via CG Society


HOLY SHIT

HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT


my dignity has been compromised

excerpt from Cheatin', Bill Plympton, 2015

Hey, guess what? I met Bill Plympton last night. I have met him before, but that was in the early 90s, it was a long time ago, things might have been a bit hazy.

Anyway, he was very patient with me.

Here is a clip from his most recent film, Cheatin' which was screened at the Minneapolis/st. Paul International Film Festival.





ALSO ALSO ALSO Here is the Kickstarter for his next feature, Revengeance:GIVE HIM YOUR MONEY

Couch gag from The Simpsons episode 553, "Clown in the Dumps," Don Hertzfeldt, 2014

You are probably already aware that The Simpsons has had guest directors and animators making the infamous "couch gag."

You have probably already seen this.

If not, you must watch it immediately, because it might just be the BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED.

Cry of Achilles, Micah Buzan, 2014

AWESOME Music video for Alter Bridge.

Animation I made for Genero.tv music video contest. It didn't win, so I'm uploading for Youtube. Description: Hand drawn animation consisting of approximately 2,000 drawings. I interpreted the message of the song as a battle to overcome difficult states of mind like depression and confusion. I've attempted to make an eclectic, dreamlike world where things are in a constant state of change. The story is open for interpretation.

The Thief and the Cobbler, Richard Williams, 1964-1995 (with ongoing recobbling by Garrett Gilchrist)

So it's my birthday! And I like to do special things for my birthday, even though I have had lots and lots of them. And I like to bring you all treats on my birthday, though this one is bittersweet.

I think we all suppose, at one time or another, that it must be a fine thing indeed to be a genius. But as liberating and wonderful as genius can be, it can also quite often be a curse.

The story of Richard Williams' film The Thief and the Cobbler has been written about by much more erudite and educated people than myself.
There is a recent documentary which I did not get to see at the Minneapolis/St.Paul International Film Festival, because there is no justice in this world (i.e. the only screening was when I had to work, which was total bullshit.)



The short and sloppy version is this: Williams began the film in 1964, struggled along to secure independent funding for two decades. In 1988, Warner Brothers agreed to finance and distribute the film, but pulled out when it began to run late and over budget. The rights were taken from Williams, and the project was handed over to Fred Calvert, who was pretty much instructed to finish it as quickly and cheaply as possible. Calvert completely re-edited the whole thing, some slapdash animation was added to make the whole thing into a narrative, and it sucked.


Recently, an effort is being made to restore Williams version to his original vision. This valiant effort is being spearheaded by animator Garrett Gilchrist, who is also doing the lion's share the work himself.

ENOUGH OF MY BLATHERING. Here is the rough of The Recobbled Cut, from The Thief Archive.

NOT the final version. An early rough cut of the new restoration of the unfinished animated masterpiece from 3-time Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol). Almost no music has been added yet, and most audio is just the audio from Richard Williams' workprint. Color correction is not final, HD material has not been cleaned up to remove dirt and splices (apart from a few scenes), SD material has black level issues. We will also be doing some additional work, cleanup and new artwork here and there.

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(Rumor had it that "The 35mm reel of (the last) sequence was found in Warner Animation head Jean Macurdy's trash by a former "Thief" animator."


And a comparison of the HD restoration:




Oh check it out deleted scenes:









There's more at The Thief Archive. You must run and subscribe to their channel immediately.

The Little Island, Richard Williams, 1958

The first animated film by the great, fantastic and awesome Richard Williams.












ALSO! You should watch this. I couldn't justify making it a separate post, as it is a documentary. But it is a documentary about Richard Williams, so WATCH IT.

THE CREATIVE PERSON, 1966

so sometimes people stop by and correct me.

I just.. I think you guys should see this. Read the comments. There are only a few.

The Christmas Card, Terry Gilliam, 1968

Your 1000th Cartoon

ETA, of course I assed this up and set it to post at 6:30 PM, because it's major.


ANYWAY

This is my 1000th post! That's most likely more than 1000 cartoons, because my first post was multiple cartoons, and there have been several other entries that contain more than one piece, but 1000! That is SO MANY.

I wasn't sure what to post, until I thought of my first cartoon... ah let us embark in my Way Back Machine (so called because it is in the way-back of a buzzard puke green 1975 AMC Hornet station wagon and any similarity in the name is purely coincidental) and look at the first cartoon I ever posted before I even knew this was going to be A Great Big Amazing Thing, or even a blog:



The Hey Bulldog sequence, from Yellow Submarine. Directed by George Dunning, 1968. Character design by NOT PETER MAX! The wonderful Heinz Edelmann.

So yes! How would you like to see the whole thing?

ME TOO I TOTALLY LOVE THIS MOVIE

Off with your pants then, let's watch YELLOW SUBMARINE!!!!!

shorts from The Fine Art of Goofing Off, Victor Moscoso, 1972

Spots from Henry Jacobs' The Fine Art of Goofing Off animated by genius comic book and poster artist Victor Moscoso.

Cat and Mouse, Jim Henson, 196?

Today would have been the great, great, great Jim Henson's 75th birthday. He's not known for his animation, but he did animate -

Caught in the act!



In observance, I present a stylish early animated short Cat and Mouse.

Юбилей (Jubilee) Vladimir Tarasov, 1983

A brief history of Soviet animation, told by great Soviet animator Vladimir Tarasov.

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!

Fast Film, Virgil Widrich, 2003

An astonishing short that animates bits of classic film to illustrate a chase scene.

Big Bang Boom, Blu, 2010

How to Cope with Death, Ignacio Ferreras, 2002

Apparently, you cope with death by being totally awesome.

Skinner's Hell Dream, Jim Dirschberger and Skinner, 2009

Today's cartoon is brought to you courtesy of METAL and AWESOME.

Artwork and music by Skinner. Animated by Jim Dirschberger of Eighty-Four Films.



First seen on Aeron Alfrey's Fantastic Animation blog. You may know Aeron from THE BEST BLOG IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD.