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Post by gw on Feb 11, 2019 4:33:08 GMT
I don't know how many people here are interested in Russian animation, but I figure that at least one person here has seen something. Post your favorite full length and favorite short or medium length movies.
Full length: Laughter and Grief by the White Sea Short/Medium Length: Ivan Ivanov Vano's Seasons
You can find out more information on here:
And here's a link to someone who fansubbed them in the past:
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Post by frankfrank on Mar 1, 2019 23:36:54 GMT
Oh wow...this is my FIRST POST.
How cool is it that I'm seeing somebody posting about something that's pretty dear to me. I got introduced to Russian animation around 20 years ago when either IFC or Sundance Channel ran a bunch of "Masters of Russian Animation" on a Saturday afternoon, and it wasn't long before I found much of it on VHS tapes. Later, but not much later, I found a set of nine DVD's with a lot more...and it was the first time that I've ever ordered anything DIRECTLY from China. (Of course I've done so, with other items, since then.)
That said, and as often happens in real life, my favorite Russian animation - the ones right on the tip of my tongue and easy to mention quickly - are the "gateway" ones that I saw, which threw the doors wide open for me to explore more of it.
FILM, FILM, FILM
ISLAND
THE GLASS HARMONICA
POLYGON (which I found later)
and the one that I can't think of the one-word title, that's about 10 minutes long and all done with origami...
I'm so surprised that there seems to be little or no recognition of this genre (including, as well, finding Czech, Polish, etc. animation also very interesting), because so often the beauty is stunning. Often, nearly any frame in some of these cartoons would be worthy of fine-art display in the Louvre. The Glass Harmonica is definitely one of those.
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Post by gw on Mar 2, 2019 5:16:10 GMT
I'm glad that I'm not the only one on these boards who likes Russian animation. There's a small online community but since Google Plus has closed it's moved to Facebook who, as most people know, has shared user's information without their consent. I got introduced to it with Films By Jove's Masters of Russian Animation series as well, through their DVDs. It's a shame that the company went out of business after the wrangles with Soyuzmultfilm and the Russian government. I'm still not sure exactly what happened since the owners of Films by Jove and the Russian government tell very different stories.
I like all those films, though not Island as much as the others. It didn't appeal to my sense of humor as much as Film, Film, Film did. I really like Khrzhanovsky's first animated film There Lived Kozyavin for its satire of bureaucracy. I like some of the propaganda films as well, for the dark sense of humor and messages many of them have, like The Millionaire or Shooting Gallery. There is one that has the Soviets going into outer space and disrupting several gods lying on the clouds. It's interesting for the high view of a society that wouldn't last much longer and the open critique of religion that would never fly in mainstream American animation.
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Post by gw on Jul 11, 2020 5:11:54 GMT
I'm glad that I'm not the only one on these boards who likes Russian animation. There's a small online community but since Google Plus has closed it's moved to Facebook who, as most people know, has shared user's information without their consent. I got introduced to it with Films By Jove's Masters of Russian Animation series as well, through their DVDs. It's a shame that the company went out of business after the wrangles with Soyuzmultfilm and the Russian government. I'm still not sure exactly what happened since the owners of Films by Jove and the Russian government tell very different stories. I like all those films, though not Island as much as the others. It didn't appeal to my sense of humor as much as Film, Film, Film did. I really like Khrzhanovsky's first animated film There Lived Kozyavin for its satire of bureaucracy. I like some of the propaganda films as well, for the dark sense of humor and messages many of them have, like The Millionaire or Shooting Gallery. There is one that has the Soviets going into outer space and disrupting several gods lying on the clouds. It's interesting for the high view of a society that wouldn't last much longer and the open critique of religion that would never fly in mainstream American animation. I love "Film! Film! Film!" It's so funny, so visually inventive!
You can look on YouTube for more Russian animation. Here's the English database on Animator.ru if you want to find other films from directors whose other works you've enjoyed. Animator.ru
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Post by frankfrank on Jul 11, 2020 10:15:10 GMT
Very cool gw, THANK YOU for the suggestion. Yes I have definitely checked YT for other films, and found more gems I had no clue about, but Film! Film! Film! is still my favorite. We do seem to be almost alone in this thread, though. dirtypillows was my roommate at the time (he's moved back "home"), I introduced him to this stuff, then there's you gw.
Is that all there is?
Is the appreciation of .ru animation THAT rare? But thank you for the link, I'll look it up!
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Post by gw on Jul 11, 2020 20:04:47 GMT
Many people are aware of the most famous names like Aleksander Petrov or Yuri Norstein but the English language Russian animation/animatsiya community has largely become fragmented since many companies, most notably one called Funtik who is unrelated to the animation industry put copyright claims on videos years ago and decimated the fansub community. Nowadays people just comment on videos put online or on forums on movies and other subjects not specific to animatsiya. There are a few blog posts on the subject from various sources that I'll link to, one that's old and one that's rather rarely updated. Trans-Siberian Blog PostsRussian Animation History |
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Post by politicidal on Jul 11, 2020 23:29:14 GMT
Worker and Parasite.
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Post by gw on Jul 12, 2020 0:36:29 GMT
That's probably a Gene Deitch Czechoslovakian Tom and Jerry reference but it most resembles a Zagreb Animation cartoon from before Yugoslavia split apart, do not a communist work. It sort of looks like a hybrid between Dušan Vukotić and Vatroslav Mimica's styles. |
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Post by gw on May 22, 2022 0:48:32 GMT
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