October 16, 2006

THE MERRY CIRCUS

Slow day at the Brew. So here's a lovely animated short, courtesy of YouTube, by the celebrated Czech filmmaker Jiri Trnka. It's The Merry Circus (1951). Although Trnka is well-known for his puppet films, this piece uses cut-out animation and has a lovely picture-book illustration style to it.

It's split into two parts - part one is below. Part two is here: The Merry Circus - Part 2

This and many other great Jiri Trinka films are available on DVD.

(Thanks, Firoz Hussain)


Posted by JERRY at October 16, 2006 04:50 PM