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The King of Silent Animation

48 points by prismatic 3y ago

neonate 3y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20231225053006/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/nyregion/stathes-vintage-cartoons.html https://web.archive.org/web/20231225053006/https://www.nytim... https://archive.ph/ToWMu https://archive.ph/ToWMu
weinzierl 3y ago
The King of Silent Animation made me immediately think that Lotte Reiniger[1] must be its Queen. Now, the King in the article is not a creator but a contemporary collector but you might enjoy the Lotte Reiniger piece as well. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20231122122746/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/obituaries/lotte-reiniger-overlooked.html https://web.archive.org/web/20231122122746/https://www.nytim...
- vanderZwan 3y ago
  If we're talking about early masters of stop-motion, Ladislas Starevich also deserves a mention (although his most famous film, Le Roman de Renard had sound). [0] https://archive.org/details/LeRomanDeRenard_1930/Le+Roman+de+Renard+(1930).avi https://archive.org/details/LeRomanDeRenard_1930/Le+Roman+de... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Fox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Fox [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us_Pn6Q1dBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us_Pn6Q1dBQ
- JKCalhoun 3y ago
  Her The Adventures of Prince Ahmed [1] is amazing — and one of the 1001 Films to See Before You Die: [1] https://youtu.be/VnwrOBvZ4po https://youtu.be/VnwrOBvZ4po
dtgriscom 3y ago
Strange: not one mention of how flammable old film can be: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose#Nitrate_film_fires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose#Nitrate_film_fi...
JKCalhoun 3y ago
Linked in the article, Somewhere in Dreamland [1] has been a staple "Christmas movie" in our family since my daughters were very young. Besides admiring the amazing animation tricks in the piece I like the song and the way it reminds me of my own childhood (wishing for those things I knew my mother could not afford). Very sweet. [1] https://youtu.be/hSXo5EMY-vA https://youtu.be/hSXo5EMY-vA
- qingcharles 3y ago
  Not a bad restoration, but what a shame about the heavy watermarking :(
shove 3y ago
Shout out to Raleigh NC’s Skip Elsheimer, AV Geeks https://avgeeks.com/ https://avgeeks.com/

48 points by prismatic 3y ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20231225053006/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/nyregion/stathes-vintage-cartoons.html https://web.archive.org/web/20231225053006/https://www.nytim... https://archive.ph/ToWMu https://archive.ph/ToWMu

weinzierl 3y ago

The King of Silent Animation made me immediately think that Lotte Reiniger[1] must be its Queen. Now, the King in the article is not a creator but a contemporary collector but you might enjoy the Lotte Reiniger piece as well. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20231122122746/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/obituaries/lotte-reiniger-overlooked.html https://web.archive.org/web/20231122122746/https://www.nytim...

vanderZwan 3y ago
If we're talking about early masters of stop-motion, Ladislas Starevich also deserves a mention (although his most famous film, Le Roman de Renard had sound). [0] https://archive.org/details/LeRomanDeRenard_1930/Le+Roman+de+Renard+(1930).avi https://archive.org/details/LeRomanDeRenard_1930/Le+Roman+de... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Fox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Fox [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us_Pn6Q1dBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us_Pn6Q1dBQ
JKCalhoun 3y ago
Her The Adventures of Prince Ahmed [1] is amazing — and one of the 1001 Films to See Before You Die: [1] https://youtu.be/VnwrOBvZ4po https://youtu.be/VnwrOBvZ4po

dtgriscom 3y ago

Strange: not one mention of how flammable old film can be: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose#Nitrate_film_fires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose#Nitrate_film_fi...

JKCalhoun 3y ago

Linked in the article, Somewhere in Dreamland [1] has been a staple "Christmas movie" in our family since my daughters were very young. Besides admiring the amazing animation tricks in the piece I like the song and the way it reminds me of my own childhood (wishing for those things I knew my mother could not afford). Very sweet. [1] https://youtu.be/hSXo5EMY-vA https://youtu.be/hSXo5EMY-vA

qingcharles 3y ago
Not a bad restoration, but what a shame about the heavy watermarking :(

shove 3y ago

Shout out to Raleigh NC’s Skip Elsheimer, AV Geeks https://avgeeks.com/ https://avgeeks.com/