A small film based on a poem by Osip Mandelstam. What the poet is thinking about, sitting in his apartment.
This is the first Oswald cartoon to be directed by Walter Lantz who would later produce the Oswald shorts after George Winkler and Charles Mintz (the producers) were fired.
The film is based myths of the ancient Peruvians, recreated Soviet ethnographers Yuri Beryozkin on drawings Indians Mochica. The action takes place 1,500 years ago. Legend tells of two brothers, demigods, brought the sacred frog. Growing up, the brothers went to the human world, giving them a lot of happiness and a refuge from the evil monsters. But one of the monsters Rikuay survived the battle with his brothers. He deceived his younger brother, went to his centipede, which led him to ally Rica - a witch, who asked his younger brother to give people a weapon that start killing people. Only the intervention of the gods, and his older brother saved people from total destruction
Explore NowCreated by Noburo Ofuji, who had been cartoon making since the 1920s, often with decorative paper cutouts. The character animation looks like it was done 15 years before, but a lot of the elements are highly original; design (those trees!), use of camera focus. Heavily musical in a manner that recalls animation's earliest use of sound. The lesson here is: "If you can't count on your friends, travel alone".
Explore NowA knight and his wife live in a small house in the middle of nowhere. Every day he fights passing knights and is rewarded by his wife with lots of love and delicious meals.
Explore NowThe allegorical story of two humanized birds - father and son, who usually walk the earth and fly only in case of danger. The two birds are out for a leisurely stroll, playing music together and taking selfies until a hungry cat attempts to spoil their fun. After several unique and imaginative evasive maneuvers, the birds pelt the cat with apple bombs. The film is one of the jewels of the cartoon: the Czech tradition, Disney anthropomorphism and innovative pre-electronic music score.
Explore NowA predatory cat and the mouse he's chasing become temporary friends after the mouse takes refuge in a barrel full of pickled herrings and the cat becomes intoxicated by the fumes.
Explore NowOpera-singing alley cats. Just about every element that spells 'Terrytoon' is on display (including a bouquet of Tyer).
Explore NowThis entertaining animated film surveys the history of machines, showing how the discovery of primitive tools led to the development of today’s space-age technology. A tribute to human ingenuity and creative genius.
Explore NowAn underground fight is taking place in a painter's studio between the artist and the ten tyrants.
Explore NowA duo of street performers learns how sound and picture work together to create amazing cinema experiences.
Explore NowThe metamorphosis of a map of Canada into human forms who share the natural resources to the rhythm of a dance.
Explore NowAt home on their mountain, the small colony of rats doesn't lead much of a life. Nothing to eat, nothing to drink and nothing but rubbish, as far as the eye can see. Life drifts along, until one day a rat finds a postcard with a special motif. After this, nothing is the way it used to be ...
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