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The Chimney
by jerry
March 21, 2008 4:56 pm


Not exactly animation (though there’s some pixilation), Steve Cloutier’s The Chimney makes terrific use of a cartoon music favorite: Powerhouse by Raymond Scott.

Pssst! Also check out Cloutier’s website devoted to LeRoy Shield.

(Thanks, Leonard Maltin)

03/22/08  9:41am
Keith Paynter says:

Well, it ain’t Voisines (Neighbours), however, I will say that the short does time itself well to Scott’s classic. Liked the Stan Laurel gag.

03/22/08  2:49pm
Zach C says:

That’s some good work… and some good social commentary…
Except now I want a cigarette.

03/23/08  5:27am
zavkram says:

To paraphrase a line of dialogue from Ernst Lubitsch’s 1940 comedy, “The Shop Around The Corner”:

I think this short will make smokers out of cartoon-lovers and cartoon-lovers out of smokers… :) :) :)

I thought it was funny, overall, but I got grossed out looking at those shots of that overflowing ashtray!

03/23/08  5:38am

he’s gotta lotta stamina for a chain smoker!

03/23/08  8:35am
Mike Fontanelli says:

It needed a more compelling star - preferably an trained pantomimist or a good, broad “Burlesque” clown like Bill Irwin or Rowan Atkinson.
Think what Jack Gilford or Zero Mostel in his prime would have done with it.

03/23/08  9:41am

The short worked for me. Of course, the score is the best part. I also enjoyed the “Way Out West” reference. The cigarette acrobatics were also good. The actor was perfect in the role.

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