This video you are about to see is sooo amazing (count those o's) A true work of genius! I don't mind writing that. It is one of the best uses of stop start animation that I think I've ever seen.
Sorry, I'm gushing but my jaw literally dropped the first time I saw this 7 Minute film by Blu. I was chanting "please let this be real'' in the back of my mind, hoping it was'nt just some After Effects plugin I'd yet to come across. Turns out its 100% kosher, additive free, animation-verite. A healthy dose of creative juice, and lots of chalk n' charcoal! Check blublu.org for a host of other graph gems, including streetart he has done all over the world. This might just be the best video you see on youtube this week.
Did I over-egg that? No hard feelings video number 2, your totally shit-hot too. This 5 minute film about John Lennon has been doing the festival rounds for the last year or so picking up loads of awards. At its core, a recorded interview that an inquisitive fourteen yearold took with John Lennon 30+ years ago. This kid was so determined to meet John Lennon that he knocked on every door of the Toronoto hotel he was staying in. The interview was not made public, until now. The resulting animation is as hypnotic as Lennons pros are inspiring. Read here for more info.
The final video in this triple-bill. Lunch is a classic by the czech animation pioneer Jan Svankmajer. As grotesque as it is funny, this film is taken from a series of 4 called Jidlo (Food). Claymation and stop-start live action are used to beguiling effect as a tramp and a businessman fail to get a waiters attention.
It didn't click until I was reading that wikipedia link, but he directed another film called Little Otik that I'd seen, a magical horror fairy tale about a woman that gives birth to a wooden child. Pinochio it aint!
3 comments:
Fancy that Neon Skullz.. Lil' Otik was by the same guy. :-)
yeah yeah I saw, I allways thought Paul Was the walrus?
Well written article.
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