Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites From the National Film Board of Canada
by Caroline Leaf, Cordell Barker, Evelyn Lambart, Jacques Drouin, John Weldon
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Actor: Jay Brazeau, John Hood, Mort Ransen, Richard Condie, Sarah DwightDirector: Caroline Leaf, Cordell Barker, Evelyn Lambart, Jacques Drouin, John Weldon
Brand: MALTIN,LEONARD
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-04-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
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Summary: 2 Stars
Will Leonard Maltin Please GO AWAY!........He Ruins Every DVD He Shows Up On!......We're Not Stupid!...We Are Able To Make Judgements On Our Own, Without The Insufferable Drivel Of L.M!....Since I Could'nt Cut Maltin's Bologna Out To View Real Creative Artist's Work...I Returned It!
Summary of Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites From the National Film Board of Canada
Leonard Maltin, animation aficionado of "Entertainment Tonight" fame, selects some of his favorite animation from the National Film Board of Canada's vast library. For more than 50 years, the Film Board has produced original, thoughtful and entertaining animation for all ages. So get ready for some of the most exciting, challenging and funny animation ever made! Films (and directors): Begone Dull Care (Norman McLaren), Mindscape (Jacques Drouin), The Log Driver's Waltz (John Weldon), The Cat Came Back (Cordell Barker), Getting Started (Richard Condie), The Sweater (Sheldon Cohen), The Street (Caroline Leaf), Pas De Deux (Norman McLaren), Anniversary (Marc Aubry and Michel Hebert).Since its establishment in 1939, the National Film Board of Canada has provided a place for artists to explore innovative styles, content, and media, especially in animation. Leonard Maltin serves as the genial host of this overview of the board's work, explaining some of the more recherch? techniques developed there. Jacques Drouin manipulated the shadows of thousands of tiny steel pins to produce the gray, pointillist images in his striking "Mindscape." Norman McLaren drew, painted, and scratched images onto the surface of 35mm film stock as he sought to marry animation, the least spontaneous of art forms, to the bright, improvisational music of the young Oscar Peterson. These elegant experiments contrast sharply with the humor of John Weldon's "The Log Driver's Waltz" and Sheldon Cohen's "The Sweater." "Log Driver's Waltz" is a nutty, loose-limbed adaptation of a folk song in which a woman reflects that any dancing partner seems flat-footed compared to a man who can skip over spinning logs in a river. "The Sweater" presents a warmly nostalgic memoir of boyhood hero-worship--with a slyly funny ending. As Maltin notes, the NFB has served as a "kind of academy" that has enabled talented artists to pursue individual visions of what an animated film can be--an academy that U.S. citizens can only envy. Complete contents: 1. "Begone Dull Care," 2. "Mindscape," 3. "The Log Driver's Waltz," 4. "The Cat Came Back," 5. "Getting Started," 6. "The Sweater," 7. "The Street," 8. "Pas de Deux," 9. "Anniversary." These films are unrated and suitable for ages 10 and older for some adult themes and unusual imagery. -- Charles Solomon
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