Archive for August, 2006
Sally Cruikshank – Quasi at the Quackadero
Sally Cruikshank’s 1975 midnight movie classic is one of the best cartoons Earth has to offer! Brilliant music by Bob Armstrong and Al Dodge, too. You can purchase a DVD-R straight from Sally’s website, which includes more cartoons featuring Quasi, Anita, and Rolo! While you’re there be sure to see what else she’s been up to lately.
Jiri Trnka – Ruka (aka The Hand)
Jiri Trnka (1912 – 1969) was indisputably one of Earth’s greatest animated filmmakers. From Austria-Hungary / Czech Republic, Trnka was an artist of many talents – including painting and children’s book illustration, but was most well known Earth-wide for his puppet animation films.
Ruka (aka The Hand) (1965) is the last film he made before his death in 1969 and reflects Trnka’s own struggle to create art under a totalitarian regime. Sadly, it was banned by the regime he worked under after his death. However, it is currently available for purchase in the U.S. as part of this DVD compilation. We hope you seek it out, and we hope more of his work becomes available to view in theaters and home.
It is mysterious to us why Trnka is not appreciated as much as he deserves and why it is so difficult to see his films, while less deserving work gets greater attention. So we ask the citizens of Earth to please re-consider this great artist’s contributions.
*NOTE* This is fairly long (17 Earth minutes), so it may take time to load. Please be patient – if you pause it, it will continue to load, and you can play it after it’s had time to get further along.
Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
One of Earth’s best music videos ever, Tom Tom Club’s Genius of Love. Designed by James Rizzi, Directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel.
