Scrumtrulescent Short Animation

[Raiders]

Not an official "list," but simply a forum for me to post my favorite animated shorts I have seen and discovered over the years. Some of them you'll know, hopefully a few of them you'll be seeing for the first time.

I'll post these sporadically over a period of time and when available I'll link to an online video of the film.

[Raiders]

Frogland
Directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1923

http://www.awn.com/heaven_and_hell/STARE/IMAGES/LSFL5.JPG

Link (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4187960755285300230&q=starewicz&total=36&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4)

Made in the time of the civil unrest happening in Russia, Wladyslaw Starewicz's political parable utilizing frogs as citizens is a marvel of animation and social/political commentary. The film is based on an Aesop's fable, where the frogs, bored with their directionless lives, plead to the god Jupiter asking for a king to lord over them. Jupiter gives them an inanimate log. Unhappy with this, they mock the log and demand a more satisfactory king. Jupiter instead grows tired of their malcontent and sends them a stork as king. The stork makes his way through the frog population, eating every poor little amphibian in sight.

Ultimately, Starewicz's film is, as the final frame spells out for us, a plea to be content. The film stands on a ground of democratic or libertarian, showing that it is preferable to have freedom rather than be controlled, and that when you have that freedom it is best to not ask why. The frogs' movement and features are remarkably animated and sketched, utilizing some of the more fluid and expressive stop-motion animation I have seen. Early on there is a scene where a large group of frogs gather as one preaches from up on a stump, and it was almost breathtaking in its artistry, especially at such a developmental stage for the new form of filmmaking. The film's dark humor was also surprising, and the title card "News of the king's appetite spreadeth throughout the kingdom," is symptomatic of its dichotomy between the acts depicted on-screen and the almost-jovial tone it sets for itself.

[Mysterious Dude]

I tried to make a thread like this once. I hope you have better luck than I did.

[monolith94]

I tried to make a thread like this once. I hope you have better luck than I did.
Yours was a good thread. I hope you don't think it went unappreciated.

[soitgoes...]

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. Great idea.

[Mysterious Dude]

Yours was a good thread. I hope you don't think it went unappreciated.
No, I just wish I had kept up with it. I didn't cover a quarter of the movies I had hoped to.

[Raiders]

The Epic of Gilgamesh
Directed by the Quay Brothers, 1985

http://filmsales.bfi.org.uk/files/images/THIS%20UNNAMEABLE%20LITTLE%20B ROOM.JPG

Link (http://www.altertube.tv/view_video.php?viewkey=33bc65b f8d78622277c4)

Filmed as the pilot for a doomed TV miniseries, this is the Quay brothers' take on the first chapter of the ancient tale of Gilgamesh. Here we see the legend of the capturing of the "wild man" (Enkidu) through the means of sexuality and the taming of that man. The animation here is as startling as any in the brothers' oeuvre, and in particular I love the look of Enkidu as a winged creature. I also love the way the film taps into his wildness via a scene of voyeurism and the blatant sexuality of the pulsating vulva. The isolation of Gilgamesh, surrounded in a box by an untamed forest, is a unique structure. As always, the movements, both by the characters and the camera, are gorgeously crafted. There's a surprising amount of action and edits in the film that make the already small space seem hopelessly remote, confined and claustrophobic. The film, as most of their work, feels like a surreal nightmare, and it fits with the Gilgamesh legend, a story very in tune with the characters' dream states.

[soitgoes...]

Great choice. ^^ I just watched the first disc of the Quay box a month or so ago and there were a couple amazing shorts on there.

[Duncan]

Nice. I love the Quays.

[SpaceOddity]

*votes Hedgehog in the Fog*

[Raiders]

Kiwi!
Created by Dony Permedi, 2006

http://www.vincentchow.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/kiwi.jpg

Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs)

Yeah yeah, I know what you're thinking. But yes, this is among my favorite animated shorts. There is such wonderful simplicity to the production (it is a master's thesis after all), but the unexpected shift is brought about with amazing resonance for such an unassuming short. The film manages to make the kiwi such a cute, determined character in only about 90 seconds, and this inherent likability makes the sudden shift quite unexpectedly poignant. It is also a film brave enough to see the story through to its bitter conclusion. The moment his scrawny arms sprout out and his closes his eye and sheds a tear, there was a lump in my throat. Maybe I'm a sap, but it's just about perfection in three minutes.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I love Kiwi. I was hoping it'd make your list.

[Ivan Drago]

:crosses fingers for More and Rejected:

[Russ]

Hey Raiders, have you ever seen Will Vinton's 1974 claymation classic, Closed Mondays (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZgsgQSXGA)? Don't think I've ever heard anyone here mention it. One of my favorites.

[Sven]

Hey Raiders, have you ever seen Will Vinton's 1974 claymation classic, Closed Mondays (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZgsgQSXGA)? Don't think I've ever heard anyone here mention it. One of my favorites.

That was sooooooo good! I'm a huge fan of Vinton, but I'd never seen that. Definitely a wonderful creation.

[Spinal]

Kiwi is awesome.

[Sven]

The problem I have with that Kiwi short is that it's sad without meaning. You're like "OMG! :tear:", but, like... what? It's communicating a positive ideal of self-destruction in the quest of a dream. The kiwi's resilience so steadfast and his (and our) emotions during his experience so strong that it can only be read as a justified experience. And that, to me, is just sad. Reading an interview with the creator helped me realize just how careless it really is.

It has some gestures of cuteness throughout, though, so it's alright. But it's manipulative and probably harmful.

[Spinal]

The problem I have with that Kiwi short is that it's sad without meaning. You're like "OMG! :tear:", but, like... what? It's communicating a positive ideal of self-destruction in the quest of a dream. The kiwi's resilience so steadfast and his (and our) emotions during his experience so strong that it can only be read as a justified experience. And that, to me, is just sad. Reading an interview with the creator helped me realize just how careless it really is.

It has some gestures of cuteness throughout, though, so it's alright. But it's manipulative and probably harmful.

I see your point and I think it is worth considering, but when I watch it, I do not take it that far. All of us are hurtling towards death, one way or the other. To me, the film merely suggests that we should not be afraid to take extraordinary risks along the way as they can pay off with extraordinary experiences.

[Sven]

I see your point and I think it is worth considering, but when I watch it, I do not take it that far. All of us are hurtling towards death, one way or the other. To me, the film merely suggests that we should not be afraid to take extraordinary risks along the way as they can pay off with extraordinary experiences.

Hmmm... I can't get leave it at that. Seems like you're not considering its entirety. Sure we're hurtling towards death, but not because of our longings and dreams. This kiwi is suicidal. Maybe if there was a short disclaimer or some such thing explaining that the kiwi had irreparable stomach cancer or the like, his actions could be condoned. But as it stands, it feels like a parable for the guy who wanted to get into Guinness as the guy that smashed his face with a hammer.

[Spinal]

Maybe if there was a short disclaimer or some such thing explaining that the kiwi had irreparable stomach cancer or the like, his actions could be condoned.

You are one of a kind. :)

[Raiders]

What??? A kiwi cannot fly. It is a bird, a species known almost exclusively for flying, and it cannot get off the ground. I think the isolation of the kiwi in the animation highlights how left out and alone the kiwi feels unable to take flight. So, he spends his life pursuing his dream and even knowing full well it will be the last act he ever does, he will finally achieve that goal. I think we are taking this a little too far.

[Sven]

What??? A kiwi cannot fly. It is a bird, a species known almost exclusively for flying, and it cannot get off the ground. I think the isolation of the kiwi in the animation highlights how left out and alone the kiwi feels unable to take flight. So, he spends his life pursuing his dream and even knowing full well it will be the last act he ever does, he will finally achieve that goal. I think we are taking this a little too far.

I want to fly. What if it was a person in the animation instead of a kiwi? Wouldn't that end up looking like just a stupid person?

[Raiders]

I want to fly. What if it was a person in the animation instead of a kiwi? Wouldn't that end up looking like just a stupid person?

That's ridiculous. No human can fly. Almost every one of the thousands of species of birds outside of ostriches, penguins and kiwis can fly. You're analogy doesn't make sense.

[Sven]

That's ridiculous. No human can fly. Almost every one of the thousands of species of birds outside of ostriches, penguins and kiwis can fly. You're analogy doesn't make sense.

Okay. So the only way I can apply the animation to my own life, then, is to come up with a suicidal accomplishment that would illustrate the isolation of my limited human body compared to someone else in the Homo genus.

There's this guy that I've seen who can eat glass. I am jealous of this man. He makes me feel alone in the world, because he can eat glass and I cannot. So I will collect thousands and thousands of little shards of glass and then eat them all. It will kill me, but I will know what it feels like to eat glass. A dream come true.

[Raiders]

Eat glass? That's also not something most humans can do.

Try this: A wheelchair bound guy, or a child born with polio, who wants to walk. If he invented a way to experience the sensation of walking that would likely result in his own death, I think people could understand the impulse. I don't say it is right or that I condone killing yourself rather than learning to live with your own shortcomings, but to be so segregated and unable to experience the joys like everyone else is a tough thing and I don't think we can really understand the stress it would have.

The bottom line is you're taking this animation to be some sort of therapy tool for people who have disabilities or weaknesses. It is a three minute model of perseverance and determination to find a way to overcome all odds, even if it takes your life. You may scoff at the idea, but I think it is finely presented, and it is an impulse I sympathize with.

[Sven]

Eat glass? That's also not something most humans can do.

I don't say it is right or that I condone killing yourself rather than learning to live with your own shortcomings, but to be so segregated and unable to experience the joys like everyone else is a tough thing and I don't think we can really understand the stress it would have.

I'm sure most kiwis can't fly. Kiwis aren't segregated among each other. Kiwis are further away from flying birds than we are to gorillas. This little anthropomorphized kiwi is an obvious stand-in for a person (what's the point of having a short film that relates only to birds?). To take the metaphor of its species-related isolation to it's exclusion from all bird families, we would have to relate our human experience to a gorilla's.

So let's stop this convoluted metaphoring before it gets too out of control. Although, now that I think of it, I am kind of jealous that gorillas can scratch their feet without bending over... hmmm... maybe I'll make a short film...


Try this: A wheelchair bound guy, or a child born with polio, who wants to walk. If he invented a way to experience the sensation of walking that would likely result in his own death, I think people could understand the impulse.

Sure I understand the impulse, but I'm not going to applaud a short film extolling the virtue of the impulse. Because it's a really idiotic thing to do. The creator doesn't seem aware of its idiocy, nor does he mind considering the dangers of presenting a dream that can only conclude with self-annihilation.


The bottom line is you're taking this animation to be some sort of therapy tool for people who have disabilities or weaknesses. It is a three minute model of perseverance and determination to find a way to overcome all odds, even if it takes your life. You may scoff at the idea, but I think it is finely presented, and it is an impulse I sympathize with.

Nah. Rather, I'm taking the animation for what it is: a story about a bird that kills itself to accomplish the illusion of a dream. It would be inspiring if the kiwi had stomach cancer, but unfortunately, it's just sad and nothing else.

Okay, it's kind of cute too.

[Raiders]

This seems like a personal problem with people giving their lives for a dream, so I'm going to leave it alone. I mean, there isn't another character in the film. His entire life is this dream in the film's three-minute world. It is what consumes him, and the culmination of that dream is the culmination of his life.

You think he's idiotic. OK.

[Derek]

I thought it was implied that the kiwi had stomach cancer...

[Philosophe_rouge]

Kiwi!
Created by Dony Permedi, 2006

http://www.vincentchow.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/kiwi.jpg

Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs)

Yeah yeah, I know what you're thinking. But yes, this is among my favorite animated shorts. There is such wonderful simplicity to the production (it is a master's thesis after all), but the unexpected shift is brought about with amazing resonance for such an unassuming short. The film manages to make the kiwi such a cute, determined character in only about 90 seconds, and this inherent likability makes the sudden shift quite unexpectedly poignant. It is also a film brave enough to see the story through to its bitter conclusion. The moment his scrawny arms sprout out and his closes his eye and sheds a tear, there was a lump in my throat. Maybe I'm a sap, but it's just about perfection in three minutes.
Saw this for the first time this week, I had nearly the same reaction as you. I almost cried at the end. Heartwrenching stuff.

[Watashi]

Bunny > Kiwi

[Sven]

This seems like a personal problem with people giving their lives for a dream, so I'm going to leave it alone. I mean, there isn't another character in the film. His entire life is this dream in the film's three-minute world. It is what consumes him, and the culmination of that dream is the culmination of his life.

You think he's idiotic. OK.

Maybe I think the problem comes in when you're giving your life for the illusion of a dream. The little kiwi doesn't fly. He just pretends to, and then dies. Idiocy.

[Raiders]

Blinkity Blank
Created by Norman McLaren, 1955

http://www.sicaf.or.kr/file_up/new_movie_receipt_2006/2007/blinketyblank.jpg

Link (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2008871128082206013)

More or less a bizarre mating ritual (the excerpt says "a bird and its cage," but I think McLaren is more or less relating to embryonic love as a form of capture), this is a startling animation that, in typical McLaren fashion, is drawn directly on the film. I love the use of black, negative space. McLaren's flashes of animation are crude images at best, but he creates them like fireworks, going off in bright, brilliant streaks and burning into the retina and mind. There's a remarkable amount of action and energy to the animation, and I love how through all the chaos McLaren still finds time to add in a little slapstick mayhem as the bird continually tries to escape, only to be foiled again and again.

[Ivan Drago]

After finishing it for the first time, I'm adding Cycle to my growing list of favorite short animated films.

[D_Davis]

Hey Raiders, have you ever seen Will Vinton's 1974 claymation classic, Closed Mondays (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZgsgQSXGA)? Don't think I've ever heard anyone here mention it. One of my favorites.

This is really good. I love Vinton's work.

[Rowland]

I didn't get The Epic of Gilgamesh at all, it just bored the hell out of me. If I ever watch it again, I'll read a synopsis of the source material beforehand.

Kiwi is a lovely short. The argument in this thread essentially boiling down to it being taken too literally is rather amusing.

[Russ]

I hope it's ok to use this thread as a place to share with others some really great animation shorts found online...and here's a dandy: Zdenkó Gasparovich's 1978 masterpiece, Satiemania (http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/satiemania/video/x275fg_satiemania-by-zdenko-gasparovich-19_shortfilms), with stunning animation all set the lovely music of Eric Satie. Enjoy.

(probably nsfw, some brief female nudity and violence)

[Mysterious Dude]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/Isaac3159/Glass-Harmonica-2.jpg

My favorite Russian animated film is Glass Harmonica, by Andrei Khrjanovsky. It's very artistic, but not very hard to understand.

Part 1 (http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq3E3Tle24c)
Part 2 (http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxVGI9Fsz80)

[Raiders]

I don't have a problem with people posting films necessarily, although I was using this thread as something of a place to post my favorites, and if you post one of mine prior to my posting it, that would be of some inconvenience.

[Mysterious Dude]

I don't have a problem with people posting films necessarily, although I was using this thread as something of a place to post my favorites, and if you post one of mine prior to my posting it, that would be of some inconvenience.Duly noted. http://qopt.phys.msu.su/pasha/smiles/smiles1/smile.gif

[Russ]

Duly noted. http://qopt.phys.msu.su/pasha/smiles/smiles1/smile.gif
Makes sense. I hope I haven't already done so.

[Raiders]

Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
Directed by Bob Clampett, 1941

http://www.genderracepower.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/coal-black-title-card.jpg

Link (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=15211348599595 98990&q=sebben+dwarfs&total=129&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1)

I'll uh, let you decide for yourself about this one*. I think it is brilliantly made and features some interesting angles to militarism during the early stages of WWII, but it sure could offend a great many people.

*does not apply to Spinal

[Spinal]

Yikes. Well, I wouldn't call it scrumtrulescent, but it was certainly something. Ah, the "good ol' days".

[Raiders]

Yikes. Well, I wouldn't call it scrumtrulescent, but it was certainly something. Ah, the "good ol' days".

I have a hard time calling something racist that was endorsed by relatively well known African Americans. I think at the time it was released, it was a product of a culture repressed by society, only coming out through the exaggerated stereotypes that managed to break through the oppression. I also find it fascinating to see how Clampett interpreted what he saw upon visiting many jazz clubs of the time (this film is a product of those excursions). Clampett himself loved jazz and it shows very much through this work. I love the sight of the African American dwarfs in soldiers' uniforms and the way the film incorporates its patriotism unassumingly. It very much equates these characters with Americana and patriotism, and though the mannerisms are strikingly stereotypical and in retrospect somewhat degrading, I think it is actually a unique and interesting perspective to take on not only the classic Disney story but the country as a whole on the verge of war.

[Spinal]

I have a hard time calling something racist that was endorsed by relatively well known African Americans.

They were probably glad to have any sort of representation, even if it was something like this. Interesting historical curiosity, but not something I find particularly watchable.

[Raiders]

I'm not trying to defend using these sort of stereotypical representations, but I still think this is a film that goes well beyond historical curiosity. I find it interesting that even in spite of political correctness, this was placed at #21 all time on the list of 50 greatest cartoons voted on by over 1000 animation professionals in 1994.

[Spinal]

I thought you said we could decide for ourselves. :)

[Raiders]

I thought you said we could decide for ourselves. :)

Clearly you didn't read my post thoroughly enough.

:twisted:

[Spinal]

Clearly you didn't read my post thoroughly enough.

:twisted:

Damn. Gotta read the fine print. :sad:

[Duncan]

Well, at least they'll kill the Japs for free. That's nice of them.

I dunno. Pretty well made, but also backwards on almost every level.

[Raiders]

The Lorax
Directed by Hawley Pratt, 1972

http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/%7Edustins/images/Lorax.JPG

Link (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=66502196318671 89375)

Dr. Seuss' environmental warning is brought to the screen in a manner similar to its book origins. It is written, as most Seuss stories, as a long poem. The story here is of the lorax, a creature of the forest who speaks for the trees. Along comes the Once-ler, and upon discovering that the Truffula trees make great thneeds (clothing that can be whatever someone wants it to be), decides to set up shop and cut down every last truffula tree to make his thneeds (he even invents a machine to cut down four at a time). The Once-ler is not evil, simply greedy. He is also at the will of consumer demand, and upon the lorax's departure, the film makes it all too clear that it is not the Once-ler who can change the way of things, but you and "us."

Coming on the heels of the great ecological movement that started in the 60s (pinpointed particularly perhaps to Carson's Silent Spring), this is a film that feels more and more relevant all the time. Deforestation is a tragic event for all the animals who live there. Lumber companies attempt to deflect this fact by claiming to plant trees to replace the ones they cut down, but this ignores the fact that a large amount of the biodiversity has already been destroyed. This is perhaps The Lorax's greatest asset. The story and film make use of the color and the variance of life in the forest to contrast with the ultimate result of the Once-ler's greed. There is a great absence of anything resembling life or beauty in the end. I do not suggest we stop using lumber as I don't know what the alternative is, but that doesn't change that the end result could be a planet devoid of any resources and, even worse, any truffula trees.

[Spinal]

Everyone should watch The Lorax. One of my all-time favorite animated films.

[Sycophant]

Everyone should watch The Lorax. One of my all-time favorite animated films.

Amen. In terms of Seuss adaptations, this leads the pack, with How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Butter Battle Book right behind it.

[Watashi]

The Sneeches rules as well.

[Watashi]

Just watched The Lorax again. It's pretty good, but man, it would have been a lot better without those lame songs.

[Mysterious Dude]

The Butter Battle Book is my favorite. I can't find it online, though.

[Spinal]

Just watched The Lorax again. It's pretty good, but man, it would have been a lot better without those lame songs.

Bah.

[Raiders]

Buccaneer Bunny
Directed by Fritz Freleng, 1948

http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/titlecards/bucanrbn.jpg

Link (http://www.vidilife.com/video_play_398656_Buccaneer_Bu nny.htm)

Nothing very revolutionary, and certainly not as extravagant or as witty as some of the best of the Looney Tunes. But, I love the sight gags in this one and I love Yosemite Sam (my favorite Tunes character). The canon motif actually gets more hilarious as it continues (which is usually the opposite of most gags) as the film finds more and more bizarre ways of incorporating the canon blasts. There is also the Laughton impersonation and the typically cartoonish series of entrances and exists in a maze of doors. But the final scene aboard the ship where Yosemite Sam has to stop Bugs from blowing up the ship by tossing matches into the powder room is among my favorite Looney Tunes moments. The image of Yosemite Sam playing jacks, turning and being blown into a frozen posture has me rolling every time. I'm sure few would agree that this is among their best, but as as a series of pratfalls and visual gags, it doesn't get much better for me.

[Russ]

Northwest Hounded Police (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5QpGzkL0h4)

God bless Tex Avery.

[Beau]

I hope it's ok to use this thread as a place to share with others some really great animation shorts found online...and here's a dandy: Zdenkó Gasparovich's 1978 masterpiece, Satiemania (http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/satiemania/video/x275fg_satiemania-by-zdenko-gasparovich-19_shortfilms), with stunning animation all set the lovely music of Eric Satie. Enjoy.

(probably nsfw, some brief female nudity and violence)

I loved this!

[origami_mustache]

link to the animated United Airlines commercials posted in the other thread:

http://www.match-cut.org/showpost.php?p=87749&postcount=17611




http://www.genderracepower.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/coal-black-title-card.jpg


awful btw

[soitgoes...]

awful btw
Eh, you have to take in account the times these things were made. I've been watching a ton of Arbuckle, Chaplin, Keaton shorts lately and pretty much every one of them has a racist, Anti-Semetic or gay-bashing gag in it. I think you just have to try and look past it. Clampett didn't mean for Coal Black to be demeaning or objectionable (except to the Japanese ;)), but actually it was made as a tribute to African-American music, at the time. That should make it palatable compared to a lot of the blatantly offensive stuff Hollywood was throwing to the public. Plus it has some of the best animation and music of any pre-Jones WB short.

[Qrazy]

Hmmm... I can't get leave it at that. Seems like you're not considering its entirety. Sure we're hurtling towards death, but not because of our longings and dreams. This kiwi is suicidal. Maybe if there was a short disclaimer or some such thing explaining that the kiwi had irreparable stomach cancer or the like, his actions could be condoned. But as it stands, it feels like a parable for the guy who wanted to get into Guinness as the guy that smashed his face with a hammer.

Yeah because every film fully endorses the actions of it's protagonists. :rolleyes:

[Qrazy]

Nah. Rather, I'm taking the animation for what it is: a story about a bird that kills itself to accomplish the illusion of a dream. It would be inspiring if the kiwi had stomach cancer, but unfortunately, it's just sad and nothing else.

Okay, it's kind of cute too.

You're not meant to be inspired you're meant to appreciate the bittersweet irony.

[origami_mustache]

Eh, you have to take in account the times these things were made. I've been watching a ton of Arbuckle, Chaplin, Keaton shorts lately and pretty much every one of them has a racist, Anti-Semetic or gay-bashing gag in it. I think you just have to try and look past it. Clampett didn't mean for Coal Black to be demeaning or objectionable (except to the Japanese ;)), but actually it was made as a tribute to African-American music, at the time. That should make it palatable compared to a lot of the blatantly offensive stuff Hollywood was throwing to the public. Plus it has some of the best animation and music of any pre-Jones WB short.

Of course, but I still didn't see much to be redeemable about it whether it is meant to be a tribute or not. Aside from the ugly imagery, the animation/creativity/story wasn't even that impressive.

[Russ]

The Imprint (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XErZD_qHPHc)

[origami_mustache]

stumbled across these animated shorts by Carlos Lascano. I enjoyed them quite a bit.

A Short Love Story In Stop Motion (http://vimeo.com/877053)
http://images.vimeo.com/98/95/68/98956852/98956852_100x75.jpg

The Legend of the Scarecrow (http://vimeo.com/811761)
(no subtitles)
http://images.vimeo.com/44/09/70/44097010/44097010_100x75.jpg

The Can (http://vimeo.com/1618300)
http://images.vimeo.com/12/54/01/125401066/125401066_100x75.jpg

[Mysterious Dude]

Just when I thought everything had already been done before, I discovered Muto (http://www.vimeo.com/993998).

[Kurosawa Fan]

Just when I thought everything had already been done before, I discovered Muto (http://www.vimeo.com/993998).

Someone posted this a while back in the Off Topic forum. Amazing work.

[origami_mustache]

My First Crush (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY4Epc2XSGc)

Very cute animated film based on interviews with people about their first crushes and made by a student at Kingston University.

[Boner M]

Frank Film (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa9r5Z4hC_U) (Frank Mouris, 1973)

Best piece of autobiographical avant-garde animation ever?

[D_Davis]

Balance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJWT3p7uM6Y

[origami_mustache]

PES stop motion shorts:

Game Over (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovvk7T8QUIU)

Western Spaghetti (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBjLW5_dGAM)

Roof Sex (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aodpb3vFU0)

see more of his commercials and shorts here (http://www.eatpes.com/)

[KK2.0]

i guess i'll wait for the thread starter to finish his list before i add my favorite films...

for now, i'll leave a link to a source of short animated films.

http://www.awntv.com/

[Raiders]

I've finished, so feel free to list. I had some others I was going to put in, but I like the thread better for simply listing and linking to awesome animated shorts as opposed to simply my thread. As you can see, others have already begun to use it for that purpose.

[ThePlashyBubbler]

Blind Spot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg3QHDlVfAg)


Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emynI9QGSJo)

A few favorites from this year's Animation Show, that I caught this past week at Cornell.

[Russ]

Salvador Dali and Walt Disney collaboration, Destino (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k6WCpoWdpCw&feature=related). Produced in 1945, released 58 years later in 2003. Originally scheduled (twice!) for a 2008 DVD release, it now has a 2010 date set. (quality is not great; filmed from a MoMA showing, I think)


http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/2064/dali20destinofo9.jpg

[Mysterious Dude]

It was only conceived in 1945. Salvador gave up on it. Roy Disney decided to make it again in 2003, then decided to not release it on DVD, for some reason. I sure hope it gets released eventually, because that YouTube video isn't cutting it, for me, and I'm quite interested in the film.

[Russ]

Bump for an awesome thread. Here are a couple of shorts I've enjoyed recently:

Alma (http://vimeo.com/4749536) by Rodrigo Blaas. It's like Pixar meets The Twilight Zone! Highly recommended.

The Third & The Seventh (http://www.vimeo.com/7809605) Seriously, this is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. 100% CGI!

Be sure to watch both of these in full-screen mode, if possible.

Vimeo rocks.

[Raiders]

Alma (http://vimeo.com/4749536) by Rodrigo Blaas. It's like Pixar meets The Twilight Zone! Highly recommended.

Yeah, I posted this in the YouTube thread a couple weeks ago. It is pretty stellar and the animation is absolutely fantastic.

[Mara]

Oh, HERE'S that thread.

Let's try again.

Get out. (http://www.getout-lefilm.com/extrait.html)

[Russ]

Get out. (http://www.getout-lefilm.com/extrait.html)

:)

That was great.

[Mara]

:)

That was great.

I watched it again, and I think it was even better the second time. Very clever, and some of the visuals are great.

[KK2.0]

La Queue de la Souris (A Mouse's Tale) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOMFPNKm3SU)

it's a little technical marvel that blends CGI and 2D, won several awards.

[Russ]

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[Ivan Drago]

I thought this was cute.

Dr. & Roomba (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHkiXmr3bW4&playnext_from=TL&videos=3eUMWITOhNc)

[Russ]

Happy Halloween, everyone.

And remember: Don't Go In the Basement.


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[Raiders]

Someone posted this on another site. It's the Russian Winnie the Pooh. Pretty great stuff actually, and the poor translations in the subtitles actually heightens the peculiarity, and somewhat philosophical nature, of it.

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[Qrazy]

I saw a great super indie stop motion animated short film a few months ago called Princess. Not sure when and where it will ever be available though.

[Russ]

Some divine scrumtrulescence (http://vimeo.com/18754752) that is probably not safe for work. Veggie porn, yo.

[Mysterious Dude]

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This movie isn't all that short. L'Idee, directed by Berthold Bartosch, utilizes cutout animation, and some shots are quite layered. It's a very symbolic story, but not hard to understand.

[Bosco B Thug]

I'm not too into animation (which is why I haven't watched any in this thread, sorry...), but when made to sit down and watch some, as happened recently, they can be pretty mind-blowing great. My faves:

1) Svankmajer's Food (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39j7bypVxL8)

2) Joanna Quinn's Dreams and Desires: Family Ties (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8S9XJLtLhU) - A tubby and newly cinema-obsessed woman video-records a family wedding, striving to honor cinema's great history of masters but really only capturing a really trashy family affair. Edgy yet totally sweet.

3) Suzie Templeton's Peter and the Wolf (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbFd26Wo4Bc) - If Tarkovsky was animated. A layered telling of the famous story.

4) Skhizein (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxoO3F6N81U) - Hauntingly so clever. Absurd metaphysical fantasy about the aftereffects of a man being struck by a meteoroid.

[Russ]

Boy, what I would give to have an entire feature-length film done in the animation style of these two shorts (I guess The Secret of Kells is as close as I'll get):

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[Ivan Drago]

Saw this when I met Don Hertzfeldt last week. The first film in his 'Man Named Bill' trilogy.

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[Russ]

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[Winston*]

Maybe won't play so well in lower quality on a computer screen, but I saw this in 3D last night and thought it was super cool.

The Animated History of Poland (http://vimeo.com/14407425)

[Mara]

Sentimental? Yes, but that's not a bad thing.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aTLySbGoMX0

[EyesWideOpen]

Sentimental? Yes, but that's not a bad thing.



Paperman is fantastic. It ran in theaters before Wreck-It-Ralph.

[Watashi]

I like it a lot... but it's no Partysaurus Rex.

[Neclord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYbqLciVyF4

[Neclord]

http://vimeo.com/72625639

[Russ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drLdsOnh7nI

[Russ]

https://vimeo.com/182093266

[Irish]

Wow:

"To celebrate the centennial of Japanese animation, the National Film Center of Japan has recently uploaded 60 animated films made between the years 1917 and 1941."

http://eyeondesign.aiga.org/pioneering-shorts-from-a-new-japanese-animation-archive/

http://animation.filmarchives.jp/index.html

[Russ]

Just came across the work of Russian/Armenian animator Robert Sahakyants. What an imagination...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmB4DfG-3K4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efeWT1Eu2Rc

[Russ]

So awesome.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ2Da94tkKE