Animation Artifacts &Books &Luzzati & Gianini 08 Feb 2007 07:59 am
Luzzatti Monograph
– Continuing my series on Emanuele Luzzati, who died last Thursday, I want to point some attention to an Italian monograph, published in 1983, on Luzzati and his partner, Giulio Gianini.
This book by Sara Cortllazzo is Pastelli Pupazzi e Siparietti, Il Cinema di Gianini e Luzzati. Its primary usefulness is the complete filmography which makes up the latter half of the book.
(You can read a digital translation of Gianni Rondolino’s introduction to this here.)
The book is illustrated with a number of B&W frame blow ups from the films. There are a couple of original pieces which I post here:
Luzzati on the left, Gianini on the right.
(All images enlarge by clicking them.)
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2. The book’s cover features the Thieving Magpie ridden by Pulcinella, their two Oscar nominees.
3. This is a small sketch of Pulcinella (Punch) from the film Pulcinella.
A model for the magpie from The Thieving Magpie.
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5. A character sheet from their short, Ali Baba. You can see exactly how the pieces will be cut and reconstructed to animate the character under the camera. (Not too far from Flash.)
6. A character sketch from the short, The Paper Castles.
A background setup from The Paladins of France.
