Posts Tagged ‘Animation’

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Mar03

More Treasures from American Film Archives (1894-1931) 3 x DVD9

by movieworld on March 3rd, 2017 at 14:29
Posted In: .Other movies, Documentary

More Treasures from American Film Archives 1894-1931
More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931 showcases the astonishing creative range and vitality of American motion pictures in their first four decades through examples preserved by the nation's leading silent-film archives. The box set covers the years from 1894 through 1931, when the motion pictures grew from a peepshow curio to the nation's fourth largest industry. This is the period from which fewest American films survive.

The programs presents 50 films and 6 previews never before available on good-quality video, from the earliest surviving sound film, produced in 1894 by Thomas Edison's laboratory, to A Bronx Morning (1931), an avant-garde documentary by Jay Leyda. Among the rare works are Clash of the Wolves starring the original Rin-Tin-Tin, the first surviving film of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Ernst Lubitsch's Lady Windermere's Fan, kinetoscopes of Annie Oakley and Thomas Edison, a sing-along with Ko-Ko the Clown, educational shorts on making light bulbs and telephone etiquette, the earliest film of a Martha Graham dance, a cartoon satire on prohibition by Gregory La Cava, and footage of the rural South by novelist Zora Neale Hurston. All films are mastered from the best surviving source material and preserved by the contributing archive.
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Feb28

Animationsfilme – 60 Jahre DEFA-Trickfilmstudio (1957 – 1989) 2 x DVD9

by movieworld on February 28th, 2017 at 16:54
Posted In: .Other movies

Animationsfilme 60 Jahre DEFA-Trickfilmstudio
Das DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme wurde am 1. April 1955 in Dresden als das staatliche Studio für Animationsfilme der DDR gegründet. Bis 1992 entstanden hauptsächlich Filme für Kinder, aber auch Satiren und künstlerische Filme für Erwachsene in verschiedenen Animationstechniken: Zeichentrick-, Scherenschnitt (Silhouetten)-, Flachfiguren-, Puppentrick- und Handpuppenfilm, von renommierten Regisseuren wie Lothar Barke, Kurt Weiler, Günter Rätz, Bruno J. Böttge, Katja Georgi u.v.a. Auf diesen beiden DVDs ist eine kleine Auswahl an Trickfilmen für Kinder und Erwachsene in digital restaurierten Fassungen zu sehen, die einen Einblick in die Vielfalt des DEFA-Animationsfilms geben.

2 x DVD9 | PAL | 238 min | 5.95 Gb + 7.49 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Deutsch
Subtitles: none
Genre: Animation

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Feb02

Ivan Aksenchuk Filmworks (1948 – 1988) 4 x DVD5

by movieworld on February 2nd, 2017 at 13:17
Posted In: .Russian movies, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Ivan Aksenchuk Filmworks
Soviet film Director film Studio "Soyuzmultfilm", writer, animator and Director. He took the famous Moldavian fairy tale “the Nut twig” and the hilarious, witty film “the Boy from Naples” and “How mushrooms with peas fought”, created a series of paintings on the epic about Ilya of Murom and filmed a number of Russian fairy tales. He was verbose, explained its Director's intentions quite florid. Once they heard the explanation of the multiplier got up and said grimly: “Amsterdam!” At some time it became the nickname of Aksenchuk.

The last great fairytale animation film maker in the classic soyuzmultfilm tradition, but also a great lover of the humoristic-satirical genre and later in his carreer epic-lyrical animations IVAN AKSENCHUK presented in a 4 DVD series of his complete work. His animation-career ran from 1948-1988.

4 x DVD5 | PAL | 16.1 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Russian
Subtitles: English
Genre: Animation

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Jan27

Arnolds Burovs – Animacijas filmu klasika / Animation classics (1966 – 1978) DVD5

by movieworld on January 27th, 2017 at 12:49
Posted In: .Russian movies, Family

Arnolds Burovs Animation classics
The Latvian animation tradition that began in the 1960s is one of the strongest areas in Latvian cinema – diverse in genre and technology, full of creative revelations. Now, in the 21st century, Latvian animation is proud of their success at international festivals and of the strength of their creative core, their thriving studios and outstanding authors.

Arnolds Burovs, who made more than 40 films, began puppet animation at the Riga Film Studio. Burovs’ vision was carried forward by director Janis Cimermanis and artist Maris Putnins, who later became the producer of many films. They founded the studio Animacijas Brigade in 1992, and cultivated the studio’s recognizable visual signature and tone – comical, sincere, adventure-filled. Animacijas Brigade (Studio AB) is one of the most tradition-rich Latvian animation studios, and their films are regularly included in international film festival programmes. They’re frequent guests at the Berlinale – Cimermanis’ film “Corrida” was in the 2012 line up, and Dace Riduzes’ films have visited the festival on three occasions: “Firefly” in 2003, and “Acorn Boy” and “Little Rudy” in 2013. In 1994, Nils Skapans’ film “Let’s Fly” received the Berlinale Crystal Bear award.
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Jan27

Antologia polskiej animacji eksperymentalnej / Anthology of Polish Experimental Animation (1944 – 2007) 3 x DVD5

by movieworld on January 27th, 2017 at 12:24
Posted In: .Other movies

Anthology of Polish Experimental Animation
Experimental animation is a broad notion that can be applied to many genres of animated film that break with formal and narrative conventions.
The present anthology is a selection of some forty productions that do not quite fit into the mainstream of film animation. On the three discs the viewer will find abstract films, films composed of photographic images subjected to manipulation, as well as animations drawn in unconventional fashion. Some of these are works by well-known artists from beyond the cinematic milieu - writer Stefan Themerson and his painter wife Franciszka, for example, the designer Andrzej Pawlowski, or the photographer Tomek Sikora. There are also works by leading Polish contemporary artists like Jozef Robakowski and Jerzy Kalina. There is no lack of work by world-renowned animators like Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk, Zbigniew Rybczynski or Jerzy Kucia. The choice of films included in the Anthology of Polish Experimental Animation is so varied that every viewer is sure to find something of great interest.

3 x DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 258 minutes | 10.4 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Polish
Subtitles: English, Polish
Genre: Animation, Experimental

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Jan17

Edition Filmmuseum 43: Wunder der Schopfung / Our Heavenly Bodies (1925), The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923) DVD9

by movieworld on January 17th, 2017 at 12:52
Posted In: .Other movies, Documentary, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Wunder der Schopfung 1925
Hanns Walter Kornblum's "Wunder der Schopfung" ("Our Heavenly Bodies", 1925) is one of the first films to represent knowledge about the universe on screen.

Essentially an illustrated astronomy lecture in the form of a special effects-filled German silent film, "Wunder der Schopfung" is a feast for the eyes. It covers a wide range of topics over the course of its 92 minutes, from the history of astronomy to an imaginary exploration of the solar system and beyond by spaceship, from faster-than-light travel to Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Though science has made innumerable new discoveries and disproved faulty theories the film is, even now, surprisingly relevant, entertaining, and informative. Using all manner of special effects, especially myriad forms of animation, Wunder der Schopfung is an amazing cinematic accomplishment, comparing favorably to contemporary fiction films like Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" and Harry Hoyt/Willis O'Brien's "The Lost World".

"The Einstein Theory of Relativity" (1923), utilizing an American print from the George Eastman House with English inter-titles (with optional German narration), runs 29 minutes and has much the same appeal. It takes highly complex concepts and through visual examples makes them understandable. It's a fascinating little film.

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Dec15

Marquis (1989) 2 x DVD

by movieworld on December 15th, 2016 at 20:08
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy

Marquis 1989
Directed by Henri Xhonneux Ribald, violent, surreal and satirical, Marquis offers a unique take on the events leading up to the French revolution as seen from the perspective of the notorious Marquis de Sade. Presented in metaphorical terms, each of the actors' faces are covered by an animal mask that more or less represents their character.

The dog-faced Marquis de Sade is imprisoned  in the Bastille for blasphemy, where he entertains himself by writing pornographic novels and holding long conversations with his talking penis. Among the other prisoners is Justine, a pregnant cow who claims she was raped and is carrying the King’s child. The prison’s Confessor plots to hide the bastard heir by claiming De Sade is the father; meanwhile, outside the Bastille walls revolutionaries would like to free the political prisoners for their own purposes.

DVD5 + DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:19:22 | 4.36 Gb + 7.81 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Francais, Deutsch
Subtitles: English, Francais, Deutsch
Genre: Animation, Comedy

Director: Henri Xhonneux
Cast: Francois Marthouret, Valerie Kling, Michel Robin
Country: Belgium, France
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Dec15

Pohadka o Honzikovi a Marence / The Tale of Honzik and Marenka / The Tale of John and Mary (1980) DVD9

by movieworld on December 15th, 2016 at 16:59
Posted In: .Other movies, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance

Pohadka o Honzikovi a Marence 1980
The Tale of Honzik and Marenka employs an ingenious animation technique using cut-out figures that is typical of the creative genius of Karel Zeman, the writer and director of this 66-minute film. The sophistication of the technique, and a sprinkling of puns and twists in the story line that bring out a moral parable on the meaning of liberty, justice, and other social issues, make the fairy tale enjoyable for adults as well as children. The story itself centers on a poor shepherd who overcomes enormous obstacles, including one ugly physical transformation, with the help of the forest elves and their magic. The shepherd is in love with a beautiful woman - in reality, a fairy changed into a beautiful young woman - and he is out to gain her affections and marry her.

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:05:02 | 6.03 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Czech(Ceske)
Subtitles: English, Czech(Ceske)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Karel Zeman
Cast: Otakar Brousek, Antonin Prochazka, Nada Konvalinkova
Country: Czechoslovakia
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Nov23

Art and Jazz in Animation: The Cosmic Eye (1986) DVD9

by movieworld on November 23rd, 2016 at 11:11
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

Art and Jazz in Animation: The Cosmic Eye (1986) DVD9
In the early 1950s, John Hubley was prospering animator with the upstart UPA studio (a creative group that essentially redefined animation and character design, breaking from the flowing realist look of Disney and allowing for sharper angles and greater stylization). Yet, at the height of his achievements, Hubley was singled out by the House Committee on Un-American Activities as a Communist. Although Hubley himself adamantly denied the charges, he refused to point the finger to someone else, and so was ousted from the studio and blacklisted.

This is actually the beginnings of a wonderful story, and from this point in his career, Hubley began to work with his wife Faith to create independent animations that spoke from, and to, the heart. Several of these films became Academy Award nominees, and Academy Award winners as well.

Beginning in the mid-'50s, the husband-and-wife team of John and Faith Hubley broke new ground in animation with their explorations of complex ideas, cutting-edge graphics, and jazz soundtracks. When jazz was still largely marginalized as an art form in America, the Hubleys worked with Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, and Lionel Hampton. For visual inspiration, they looked to the paintings of Picasso, Matisse, Miro, Klee, and Modigliani. Their short films are very different from Hollywood cartoons.

The Hubley films are adult in the best sense of the word: not sexually explicit or gruesomely violent, but thoughtful, imaginative reflections on serious themes.

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Nov21

La obra completa de Walter Tournier (1974 – 2008) 2 x DVD9

by movieworld on November 21st, 2016 at 16:24
Posted In: .Other movies

La obra completa de Walter Tournier
Walter Tournier (1944) is the most important figure of Uruguay's animation cinema. His films are destined to kids, teenagers and adults alike. They stand out for the naturality through which stories are woven, by means of seemingly simple processes of animation which are masterfully used. They have an additional layer of deep humanism and a light sense of humor which is somewhat sarcastic and provocatively naive. His techniques, which include hand-drawn animation and metal structures covered with different materials, have the mark of materials which are easily accessible.

After his first movie, "There Is Much To Do In The Jungle", Tournier went into exile. In Peru he made "Our Little Paradise", a satire of television which was deemed one of the 84 best animations in history by the Annecy Festival. In 1985 he came back to Uruguay, and here he stood out once more by his adaptations of Juceca (Don Veridico), by his two big impact comical tales ("The Chief And The Carpenter", and "Caribbean Christmas"), by his formidable visual and musical treatments of the rights of children, and by the series "Los tatitos", a landmark in Uruguayan television.

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