Celebrating the Birthdays of Emile Cohl (4 Jan 1857) and Hayao Miyazaki (5 Jan 1941)
Short Films seen prior to the Challenge:
Emile Cohl
Fantasmagorie (1908)
Affair of the Heart (1909)
The Dentures (1909)
En Route (1910)
The Automatic Moving Company (1910)
The Hasher's Delirium (1910)
Emile Cohl is one of the earliest animators in film historian. Aside from animated artistry, he was also a master of stop motion. His films are accessible on YouTube, as well as other sites like backtothepastweb.workpress.com, as well as a couple of pay sites like fandor.com.
Viewed during the week were
The Magic Hoop (1908) which looks much like one of the films found in Dawson, Yukon. The middle of the film is horribly wrecked.
A Bad Cure (1909)
The Informing Hair (1911)
The Brain Retapper (1910)
Spanish Moonlight (1909)
The Puppet's Nightmare (1908)
A Love Affair in Toyland (1908)
The Little Chickens (1910)
which is stop motion with varied chicken statutes moving around the barnyard.
Floral Studies (1910)
This film was like those arts and crafts you did as a kid, cutting folded paper. This time by an animated pair of scissors. At the end, photos of world leaders like Victor Emmanual, Nicholas II, Ferdinand of Austria, Leopold of Belgium and Armand Fallieres of France.
The Puppet Looks for Lodgement (1921)
According to IMDb, this appears to be his last film.
Looking around, I located a Japanese animator, whose work bares some resemblance to Cohl's work, as well as the artwork of Jean Miro. His name is Mirai Mizue. His medium appears to be magic marker and paper, with some very interesting and intricate images. All can be found on YouTube. They are worth a view. Seen were:
Wonder (2014)
Poker (2014)
Playground (2010) lots of Miro images
Modern No. 2 (2012) possible Cubist influence
Jam (2009)
After these, it seemed only natural to look at the stop motion, claymation and magic of Walter R. Booth, early British movie maker. Viewed were:
Animated Putty (1911)
Artistic Creation (1901) which is very much Melies influenced
Animated Cotton (1909)
The Cheese Mites (1901)
Willie's Magic Wand (1907)
Scrooge, or Marley's Ghost (1901)
This is the first film adaptation of Dicken's work. Of the original 6 minutes 20 seconds, only 4 minutes 55 seconds still exists.
Other Animations watched include
A Peace of Coal (1910)
an unidentified silent with attributes that could either belong to Booth or Arthur Melbourne Cooper.
The Bead Game (1977)
Ishre Patel uses beads to tell a story in a short film that won the 1978 BAFTA for Short Films. A product of the National Film Board of Canada.
Hadao Miyazaki
Few can compare to the international treasure that is Miyazaki. Aside from the brilliant features, like the Oscar winning "Spirited Away", he has also made numerous short films. The problem is that these films can only be seen at Studio Ghibli; That is, unless someone sneaks a handy cam into the museum and films it.
Shorts already viewed:
On Your Mark (1995)
Mei and the Kittenbus (2002)
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)
After some searching, I managed to find "Monmon, the Water Spider" (2006). The quality is not great, as this is a bootleg. But with these shorts, you are grateful for what you can get.
Another animator was found. Originally from China, Yawen Zheng now appears to be making films in California. The two that I viewed use pastel colors to tell stories of fantasy that are fairly tale in nature. They are quite beautiful and moving.
The Song for Rain (2012, China)
Every Star (2014, USA)
Others viewed:
The Acrobatic Fly (1910, by Britain's Percy Smith)
Un Petit Jules Verne (1907, by France's Gaston Valle)
Police in the Year 2000 (1910, by France's Gaumont Studio)
these films can be found on YouTube and Vimeo
Total seen: 29
Left to see: 471
This week, the Oscar Nominations are coming. The theme will be Animated Short Films Nominated, but Did Not Win!!
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