Probably the weakest among Borowczyk's earliest works. While his other animated shorts use a variety of effects in the service of creating a unique and opressive atmosphere, here the centrail conceit comes across as gimmicky, making the short feel repetitive despite its 8 minutes length. Still, it is a nice homage to early stop-motion animators and the final, haunting shot makes the entire short worthwhile.
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Fritz the Cat 1972
It is with Fritz The Cat that Bakshi had been finally able to make a commercial product that could, for once, actually challenge the mainstream animated feature, at that time dominated by Disney and few others, and, perhaps most importantly, turn down an actual unique and personal work of art – a rarity in that timeframe.
To produce Fritz The Cat, Bakshi had to overcome a long and tedious productions, as well as making a number of compromises along the…
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Superman 1941
By the time the 1940s began, the Fleischers had already lost most of their unique style, “forced” to chase after Disney and, generally speaking, the West Coast style of animation. The Popeye shorts, the closest thing to the old Fleischer style, was mostly taking influence from other comedy masters around the same period such as Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Frank Tashlin and the rest of the Warner Bros. animators. The Fleischer Studios would soon shut down in 1942, but before…
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Snow-White 1933
This is probably my favorite Fleischer short. It contains all of the elements that made the Fleischer cartoons so great. Directed (and largely animated) by Roland Crandall, it is loosely based on the Snow White fairy tale, but it actually contains only a few key elements. Once again, like in most Fleischer films, there’s a great number of subtle gags. In a little cycle, for example, we can see KoKo accidentally knocking down all the knights while he and Bimbo…
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