Monthly ArchiveJanuary 2010
Animation &Animation Artifacts &Disney 02 Jan 2010 09:09 am
Lady and the Tramp poses
- These are drawings were published in rather small sizes in the Frank Thomas/Ollie Johnston book, The Illusion of Life. I have photos which are somewhat larger and felt that it’s worth calling some attention to them. There’s so much charm in every one of them. Frank Thomas animated the scene.
(Click any image you’d like to see larger.)
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Now lets take a look at frame grabs from the sequence. (I followed the drawings above and eliminated some scenes – mostly of the two restauranteers playing music.
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Commentary &Daily post 01 Jan 2010 09:36 am
happy new year
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Here’s one of my favorite pieces. We did it for a home video of children’s poems.
It’s a piece by the brilliant Russell Hoban. The animation is by Mark Mayerson, and the design is by Jason McDonald. The music is by Caleb Sampson. I think all of these artists did brilliant work.
Click left side of the black bar to play.
Right side to watch single frame.
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- I’ve grown to know that I am too old for New Year’s Eve’s TV celebrations.
Watching a 40 year old mother, J-Lo, in a skin-tight nude outfit with sparkles, moving around the stage on all fours while lip-synching a generic song and two guys pretend to violate her – this does not have much to do with New Year’s Eve for me. As I said, I’m too old for this coarse crudity. Even reruns of Guy Lombardo in his tuxedo sounds better. Especially when you’ve drunk too much. Call me a prude, I don’t care; I’m all for dignity. We watched the Twilight Zone reruns on SYFY. All those great Bernard Herrman and Jerry Goldsmith scores.
You can start your New Year off with a bit of Art. The good news is that the IFC Center has extended the run of Nina Paley’s Sita Sings the Blues through next Wednesday, Jan. 5. Get off the couch and go. Perhaps they’ll extend it another week.
See A.O. Scott‘s NYTimes review here. (It’s very positive and well written.) See the readers’ reviews (all positive) here.
Go to Elizabeth Weitzman‘s NYDaily News top ten pick of 2009 here. Anyone know of other 10 Best lists the film made it onto?
- I congratulate Sally Cruikshank on having her film Quasi at the Quackadero selected into the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, but I have to admit I find it whacky that Rooty Toot Toot, Moonbird, The Old Mill, Peace On Earth and dozens of other true history-making shorts of U.S. animation haven’t been selected before this film. I can only assume they will get their just deserts next year.
