We were going to talk about this early 2012 Calarts student films…. we’ve done our own selection in previous years but we weren’t very inspired by this year’s works. Maybe we should however dedicate a few words to …
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Remembering John Halas
From Budapest and his painting studies along with his first animated steps (firstly influenced by Bauhaus’ leading light Laszlo Moholy-Nagy) to his London studio creation in the mid-30s. Not easy years for a Jewish to travel Europe at …
Lupin is back!
With the endless imagination that characterizes Japanese animation do they really, really, really need to do a remake of the classic from the 70s & 80s TV animated series? Posted yesterday and spreading like a virus the trailer that …
↓ Howl Animation
If you haven’t seen Howl, well… you may want to, but you may want to read a bit about the main character Allen Ginsberg, the poem and the background behind the Beat Generation and their ideals. In any case Eric Drooker (our favorite NewYorker illustrator) was pointed as the animator for the poem…
And this bit of the film (which despite not being mind-blowing we still recommend) is now on-line thanks to the magic of Youtube!
It’s not an easy one, but watch it a few times and while you get to understand the subtleties, you’ll enjoy it more & more. If you survive these first three parts then you may want to finish the free ride with the other 4 parts on Freakture’s channel.