A mysterious and beautiful short film by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh of Screen Novelties. An old man who lives on a hill is visited by goblins each night who torment him for their own amusement.
Tag Archives: stop motion
Monster Safari: Short Halloween Animation
Here’s a short Halloween clip from a longer piece animated by Screen Novelties.
Animation: The Story of the Book
One of the submitters to my Vimeo short films group, Robert Lyons, sent this short French stop-motion film in. He worked as the directory of photography on it. The director was Delphine Burros. It’s about a librarian who opens a magical and evil book.
Doll Clothes: A Short Film by Cindy Sherman
Artist, photographer, filmmaker Cindy Sherman made this short stop-motion film, Doll Clothes, in 1975. I only just realized during my most recent viewing that she was actually continuing the conversation with Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2.’
There’s a glitch in the YouTube video, so you’ll need to drag the slider a bit to get the movie started.
Duchamp’s ‘Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2’ (1912):
I found this via the Echo Park Film Center.
Dreams Ripple ~ Here Now – Japanese Animation by Akinori Okada
What the heck is this? I have no idea. But I like it. It looks like nothing I’ve seen so far. Seems to have something to do with a magic box of dreams maybe. Dream characters dance about and frolic with strange projections and shadows. There’s an element of old Japanese folktales with tiny toys or figures coming to life at night. Very strange.
The film was made by Akinori Okada in 2009.
Hansel and Gretel – 1954 Stop Motion Opera Feature
This 1954 RKO Radio Pictures film was based on Engelbert Humperdink’s opera and directed by Michael Myerberg. Be warned: the actress who plays Gretel gives what is possibly the single worst vocal performance in the history of animated films!