Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew breaks the news that two DVD sets devoted to UPA’s theatrical cartoons are coming out soon: UPA Jolly Frolics due out on March 5th from Turner Classic Movies and The Mr. Magoo Theatrical Collection 1949-1959 which s due out June 19th from Shout! Factory (both are available for preorder). Until now, the [...]
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UPA News: Two DVDs and a Book
November 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · American cinema, Animation history and criticism, Animation studios, Books, DVDs
Tags: Adam Abraham·The Mr. Magoo Theatrical Collection 1949-1959·UPA·UPA Jolly Frolics·When Magoo Flew: The Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPA
New on DVD: Quirino Cristiani: The Mystery of the First Animated Movies
June 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Argentine cinema, DVDs, Film history and criticism
Quirino Cristiani: The Mystery of the First Animated Movies, Gabriele Zucchelli’s 2007 documentary on the Argentine animation pioneer, whose El Apóstol (1917) was the first animated feature film, is now available on DVD. The film was inspired by the research and writings by ace animation historian Giannalberto Bendazzi. (For instance, see his Animation World Magazine [...]
Tags: Gabriele Zucchelli. Giannalberto Bendazzi·Quirino Cristiani: The Mystery of the First Animated Movies
The Animation of Alexeïeff DVD
August 26th, 2009 · No Comments · DVDs, Independent animators
A new DVD release of interest from Facets The Animation of Alexeïeff featuring the pinscreen films of Alexeïeff and his wife Claire Parker, including such famed shorts as Night on Bare Mountain (1933) and The Nose (1963), along with commercials and documentaries, including The Pinscreen (Norman McLaren, 1973), as well as Jacques Droulin’s Mindscape, a [...]
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Émile Cohl: L’inventeur du dessin animé
June 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Books, DVDs, History and criticism
Currently, there is an almost total lack of films by Émile Cohl, the pioneer French animator, who also worked in the United States, available in on DVD; I know of two DVDs that I that have his seminal Fantasmagorie (1908), which is often seen as the first fully animated film to explore the artistic possibilities [...]
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