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As promised, here& #39;s a little list of gems from animated short film history. Tried to stay off the beaten path as often as I could, but couldn& #39;t help slipping in some classics that are personal favorites. Thread below
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1. LA JOIE DE VIVRE (dir. Anthony Gross & Hector Hoppin, 1934) A tone poem: two woodland sprites dance about, atop power lines and among flowers and leaves, while being pursued. Everyone spends some time pulling levers to switch trains, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAj5VjgTdQw">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
2. THE STREET (dir. Caroline Leaf, 1976) This film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he was promised as soon as she kicks the bucket. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNISbOPWUWo">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
3. THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES (dir. Frédéric Back, 1987) The story of a shepherd& #39;s single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTvYh8ar3tc">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
4. SON OF SATAN (dir. JJ Villard, 2005) A foul-mouthed, grisly reproduction of an autobiographical Charles Bukowski tale. (This upload is the best quality I could find, but has some extra material after the film itself) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyYH2TtjvRg">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
5. COMMUTER (dir. Michael Patterson, 1981) https://vimeo.com/75682934 ">https://vimeo.com/75682934&...
6. ASPARAGUS (dir. Suzan Pitt, 1979) unfortunately this film does not appear to be online at the moment, but keep your eyes peeled for whenever it does. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHllYSbTNVg">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
7. JEU (dir. Georges Schwizgebel, 2006) In this animated short, the viewer is placed in a landscape whose scenery constantly morphs and mutates and the helter-skelter world evokes the chaos of modern life. https://www.nfb.ca/film/jeu_en/ ">https://www.nfb.ca/film/jeu_...
8. THE SNOWMAN (dir. John Coates & Dianne Jackson, 1982) On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A3THighARU">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
9. NIGHTCLUB (dir. Jonathan Hodgson, 1983) The film observes human behaviour in a social situation, hinting at the loneliness felt by the individual lost in the crowd. https://vimeo.com/33634918 ">https://vimeo.com/33634918&...
10. RECI RECI RECI (dir. Michaela Pavlátová, 1991) In a noisy bar crammed with people, the remarkably diverse clientele interacts with each other through a series of lively bubbles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd5tJcvnGUo">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
11. TRIANGLE (dir. Priit Pärn, 1982) Julie cooks with unwavering dedication for her men. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JAMWguAJxY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
12. HARMONY (dir. Jim Trainor, 2004) A male God bestows upon animals the gift of self-awareness, which they promptly use to express guilt for their behavior. https://vimeo.com/248042530 ">https://vimeo.com/248042530...
13. JUMPING (dir. Osamu Tezuka, 1984) As a boy skips down a street, his stride becomes bigger and bigger, and he then jumps over towns, a forest, the sea, going higher and further. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1pThwh2Ves">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
14. WILD LIFE (dir. Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby, 2012) The story of a dapper young remittance man, sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ7xBVZwMl8">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
15. HUNGER (dir. Peter Foldès, 1973) One man’s descent into greed and gluttony. Rapidly dissolving and ever-evolving images create a contrast between abundance and want. https://www.nfb.ca/film/hunger/ ">https://www.nfb.ca/film/hung...
16. DRAWING LESSONS (dir. Maureen Selwood, 2005) A woman finds a tape cassette at a yard sale with an upside down drawing lesson on it from the u2028well know book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. https://vimeo.com/51323037 ">https://vimeo.com/51323037&...
17. THE CENTAURS (dir. Winsor McCay, 1921) A female centaur enters a clearing in the woods, and picks some flowers. She is soon met by a male centaur, and the two then romance each other. They then seek parental consent for their union. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYI-58bc-DU">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
