Suzan Pitt被认为是当代最为著名的独立实验动画艺术家之一,她的作品《Asparagus》曾和大卫林奇的《橡皮头》同时在奥伯豪森短片电影节上获奖。 Suzan Pitt自1970至今创造了15部动画作品,常常与音乐家合作,其中包括“碗(Bowl )”(1970)、“芦笋(Asparagus )”(1979)和“欢乐街(Joy Street )”(1995)等。她的作品在全世界众多的电影节和、沙龙展、大学和博物馆播放,包括芝加哥艺术学会、徒步者艺术中心和耶鲁大学等地。她曾经获得包括洛克菲勒基金会合作基金(一个专为公共艺术作品所设立的奖项),富步莱特法案基金学者奖和哈福大学研究基金等。同时,她也任教于许多大学,近来在加利福利亚艺术学会执教。
以下是来源于IMDb上的评论 'Voyage into Next (1974)' is a quaint little anti-war statement, the sort of laid-back, hippie-inspired short film that one would expect the 1970s to have produced. But it was also directed by John and Faith Hubley, a husband-and-wife animating team whose work is more subtle and understated than most. Many of the pair's films were produced by animating unrehearsed conversations (usually) between two people, and I had previously enjoyed their 'Windy Day (1968),' which excellently utilised this free-wheeling technique. 'Voyage into Next' was obviously more tightly-scripted, and that the film was to be an anti-war cartoon restricted the voice actors (namely Maureen Stapleton and Dizzy Gillespie) in which conversational paths they could take. Stapleton and Gillespie play Mother Earth and Father Time, respectively, as they observe the destructive conflicts waged between the human nations (represented here as floating boxes) and ponder why our species so unthinkably forgot the virtues of sharing that allowed our ancestors to progress beyond the Stone Age. There's nothing particularly impressive about the Hubleys' style of animation – minimalist line-drawn human figures highlighted with soft shades of colour – but their style is distinctive, later influencing short films such as the Oscar-winning 'Leisure (1976).' The two well-known voice actors are perfectly chosen (Dizzy Gillespie has one of the coolest-sounding voices ever), and the jazz musician's music is employed successfully to create the film's lighthearted mood, despite the grimness of the subject matter. Mother Earth and Father Time oversee their lilliputian creations, hidden amid mini puffs of artillery smoke, and contemplate their inability to alter human history. The future, it seems, is not in the hands of the gods, but in our own. Of course we have the ability to achieve peace and mutual understanding once more… but will we attain it in time? 'Voyage into Next' was nominated for an Academy Award in 1975, but lost out to the inferior claymation 'Closed Mondays (1974).
An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Cycles brings together 16mm film with Stephen Beck’s Direct Video Synthesizer imagery via a proprietary process Beck referred to as “editation.” Beck also composed the soundtrack to the film, which is made of one sequence repeated 12 times, with both artists contributing variations on each pass.
Using the wonderfully artistic sand animation technique, Canadian-American filmmaker and animator, Caroline Leaf, pivots her bittersweet love story of a sentimental owl and a wild young goose around an original Inuit legend. Against all odds, the couple manage to thrive in the vast and desolate Arctic landscapes, watching their offspring grow; however, when the mother-goose and her grown-up chicks start hearing the urgent and thrilling call of the wild, nature will, inevitably, take its course. Is this relationship meant to last forever?—Nick Riganas
蚊子先生觅食无果时,瞧见小蜜蜂正津津有味地吮吸花粉,小蜜蜂饱食过后,它迫不及待地也将头伸向花粉,可是它哪里享用得了那股浓烈的香味呀,幸好,再一瞥,它看到了一个臭臭大脚丫。 蚊子先生正贪婪地吸食美味时,大脚丫的主人冷不丁地一脚把它拍了个半死,不甘心的它将兄弟姐妹们全号召了过来,蚊子多力量大,它们开始想方设法誓死拿下大脚丫,终于,在不懈的努力下,它们占据了酣睡中的大脚丫的主人的身体的各个部位。
本短片根据希腊神话中西绪福斯(Sisyphus)的故事改编,获1976年奥斯卡最佳动画短片提名。 风华之王艾奥罗斯(Aeolus)的儿子西绪福斯以狡诈机智闻名于世,曾在位于两国之间的狭窄地带创建了科林斯城(Corinth),囤积了大量财富。宙斯(Zeus)拐走了河神阿索波斯(Asopus)之女埃癸娜(Aegina)后,西绪福斯为了自己的利益,向阿索波斯告发了埃癸娜的藏身处,宙斯异常恼怒,派死神塔那托斯(Thanatus)拿下西绪福斯,但塔那托斯反被西绪福斯戴上了沉重的镣铐,人间再没人死亡,直到战神阿瑞斯(Ares)出面,塔那托斯才把西绪福斯带到冥界,但西绪福斯又设巧计重回人间。西绪福斯的灵魂终被塔那托斯摄取,其后他接受了严酷的惩罚:每天必须用尽全力将巨大的石头推上陡峭的高山,快到山峰时,石头会自动从他手中滑落,他要再来一次,周而复始,他要重复这种劳动。但本短片从另一视角新编了该神话故事。
The story of the titan Prometheus, who stole fire from Olympus for people and was severely punished for this by Zeus: Prometheus' friend the blacksmith Hephaestus was forced to chained him to the rock, and every day the eagle that flew from Olympus pecked the recovering liver of Prometheus. But the agony of Prometheus was not in vain - people preserved his sacred gift.
Faith and John Hubley visualize the spirit of childhood imagination in this slice-of-life short set to recordings of their daughters Emily and Georgia at play.
简陋的手绘动画讲述的是一对男女在咖啡厅里的约会经历。 中间穿插着基于男女间性别倾向和微妙的心理变化的超现实情节。 镜头和场景的切换灵活多变。
“动画的世纪·100部作品”第75名。
本动画片根据俄罗斯民间传说故事改编,幽默的动画将恋爱的精髓说尽。 鹭向鹤求婚,鹤眼里只见他的缺点,一口回绝,鹭转身刚走,鹤便觉得他的缺点未尝不是优点,跑去找鹭,说自己有心嫁他,这回是鹭端起架子,说自己改变了注意,鹤气得扭头就走,鹭想了一会,赶紧去追,可是鹤理都不理。雨天让鹤觉得和鹭一起生活会好过一个人孤零零地过日子,再去找鹭,鹭又是一副拒绝的表情……就这样,鹭和鹤在嫁娶问题上反反复复,一会好得恨不得一辈子都不分开片刻,一会又想对方迅速在自己眼前消失。
Plot Keywords: Nudity | One Word Title | Surrealism | Male Nudity | Overweight A man indulges in eating until it kills him. 第47届奥斯卡金像奖 最佳动画短片(提名)
本片为黏土动画片,2006年法国安锡(Annecy)国际动画电影节上,被评为“动画的世纪•100部作品”第74名。 深夜,一个喝得醉醺醺的老人摇摇摆摆走进一家美术馆,面对满地满墙的艺术作品,他不时发出感叹。在他定神观察或无意间碰触某件作品时,艺术家创作该作品时的场景在他面前呈现,美丽奇谲的艺术世界让他开心、诧异或失落。欣赏完作品,他站稳脚化身一件雕塑,成为这些作品中的一员。
本季因收视下降,惨遭腰斩。
A young chambermaid finds a neglected nutcracker under a Christmas tree. It comes to life, but the Nutcracker is really an enchanted prince.
An old cowboy is walking across the prairies. It seems that he has experienced everything. However, he will have to face his opponents a few more times - maybe it will be for real, or maybe it will take place in his mind.
Aanklacht tegen de oprukkende verstedelijking. In een statisch shot wordt het verhaal van een vlinder verbeeld, wiens levensruimte steeds verder wordt beperkt door de bouw van huizen en fabrieken. Nieuwbouw vult in rap tempo de groene omgeving van de vlinder totdat deze, opgeprikt en ingelijst, aan de muur eindigt.
Hale and Lamb’s Last Cartoon Man is a fine and funny example of a meta cartoon – a cartoon that knows it’s a cartoon.