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POSTS FOR “October, 2008“Cartoon Brew's home for up-to-the-minute, unedited announcements and press releases direct from industry sources.
October 6, 2008 4:13 pm
It’s Monday and that means another new episode of Cartoon Brew TV. Today’s offering is The Last Temptation of Crust by Dax Norman. We knew we had to offer this short on Brew TV the moment we saw it. It’s a unique vision in computer animation that one doesn’t run across often. Watch it on Cartoon Brew TV. No Comments » posted in Site News 
October 5, 2008 9:27 pm
A big THANK YOU to our readers. We’re positively delighted that so many Brew regulars have been discussing and embedding the new episodes of Cartoon Brew TV onto their sites. We obviously don’t have the deep pockets of video outlets like Atom, iTunes, Channel Frederator, or YouTube, but thankfully we have a wonderful dedicated community of animation lovers, and with your help we’ll eventually let everybody know where they can find lots of great animated shorts that can’t be seen anywhere else. We also wanted to thank animation historian Harvey Deneroff for taking the time to pen this thoughtful review of our first three episodes. Keep spreading the word about Cartoon Brew TV! 5 Comments » posted in Site News
October 5, 2008 12:05 pm
Is it me, or are animation art auctions becoming less and less frequent? One thing is for sure, vintage production cels are getting scarcer and scarcer, and their values (in other words: prices) are getting higher and higher. I can’t afford to collect these pieces myself but I love getting the catalogs to see what still survives. I sure hope some of the material (cels, backgrounds, pencil animation, model sheets, etc.) listed in the latest S/R Laboratories Auction catalog (Fall 2008) ends up in the right hands. Several jaw dropping items posted there include this original title card (above) from the black & white Silly Symphonies (left) and the main titles from the super-obscure 3-D Jamboree (which was publicly screened in 2006 at the 3-D Festival in Hollywood). For more information on this auction, to get a copy of their catalog, or to view it online, click here. 11 Comments » posted in Classic
October 4, 2008 12:05 am
Attention Angelenos! Nina Paley’s incredibly wonderful full length feature film Sita Sings The Blues will have its Los Angeles Premiere in glorious 35mm at the RedCat Theatre (within the Walt Disney Concert Hall downtown) on Monday night October 13th at 8:30pm. For details and tickets click here. I saw the film, twice, in Ottawa and I’m absolutely wild about it. And here’s why: It’s a perfectly realized, solid piece of work. Visually beautiful, extremely entertaining, it has so much going for it I really can’t think of anything I’d change about it. The film tells the story of Nina’s ill-fated long distance relationship (and eventual break-up) to a boyfriend who was transfered to India on business. This part of the film is animated and drawn in Nina’s comic-strip, bigfoot style (above). She intercuts this story with the Indian legend of Ramayana – this told by three off-screen Indian contemporaries who hilariously try to remember all the little details. This part is animated in a paper cut-out collage style, using all manner of Hindu commercial imagery and iconography — not unlike Ward Kimball’s pop-art educationals (Music, Space, Birds, etc.). Within the Ramayana sections, Paley re-imagines certain plot points as elaborate musical-fantasy sequences, animated with Max-Fleischer-meets-UPA designs (see image below) set to a soundtrack of vintage 1929-era Annette Hanshaw recordings. Imagine Betty Boop in a Bollywood musical and you are close the mood Paley achieves. And it all works. It works as a full length feature – It’s not a short stretched to fill over an hour. The film has a simple but strong personal story narrative, which many can relate to. It’s so clearly an independent film, not the tired product of a factory made, committee driven studio. Did I mention this film was made by one person, over a five year period, on her home computer? That fact alone makes Nina’s achievement here even more incredible – and refreshing. Above it all, it’s fun. The film seems so effortlessly enjoyable in that same way all classic animation feels. I urge you to see the film when you can (in L.A. that means Oct. 13th at RedCat) and support Nina’s efforts to recoup her production expenses and find distribution. Sita Sings The Blues is an accomplishment to be celebrated by all who love animation.
34 Comments » posted in Feature Film
October 2, 2008 6:00 pm
Episode 1 of a new live action take on Popeye, by filmmaker Abed Gheith and animator Sevan Najarian, posted on Channel 101. Episode 2 is even more perverse. (Thanks, Mike Hollingsworth) 25 Comments » posted in Classic
October 2, 2008 12:30 pm
Artist James Cauty has a new art show opening in London entitled Splatter. The exhibition, produced by Cauty and his 15 year old son, opens next week at the Aquarium L-13 Gallery. According to the press release: The Cautys’ new project employs hijacked popular cartoon characters and liberated animations, to violent, shocking and entertaining ends, all of which will be part of their own specialist cartoon art gift shop. The Cauty animated collection will be degraded, overlaid & looped, fractured, and repeated on multiple LCD screens, presenting the viewer with unrelenting acts of bloody, cartoon violence, which, in cartoon law, ultimately cannot cause fatal injury. The opening reception is next Thursday October 9th and the show will run for a month. More more information and images from Splatter click here. (Thanks, Joe Dante) 50 Comments » posted in Events
October 2, 2008 8:37 am
Yogi is going CG. Don’t worry, they’re not planning to make it nearly as appealing as the last time Yogi was three-dimensional. (Thanks, David OReilly) 42 Comments » posted in CGI
October 2, 2008 8:05 am
Somebody finally posted Ward Kimball’s It’s Tough to Be a Bird online. The short won the Oscar for best animated short in 1969. I’ve compiled the YouTube segments into a playlist below: |
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