The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Based on the Russian folk tale, adapted by John Hambley
1990
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: An animated short
based on a Russian folktale, made for the show Long Ago and Far Away. The Tsar decrees that whoever brings him a
flying ship shall marry his daughter; a naive young woodcutter sets out
to find his good-for-nothing brothers and stumbles upon ship and a
haphazard collection of very strange shipmates.
Stop-action claymation,
absolutely gorgeously done; the story is a terrific folktale, the characters are kind and memorable, and it's wonderfully funny to boot. It used to be very hard to find but well-worth the search; now I think you can buy the DVD on Amazon. Highly recommended.
IMDB: Fool of the World
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Film review: Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin
2011
Based on the comics by Hergé, screenplay by Stephen Moffat, Edgar Wright, and Joe Cornish, directed by Steven Spielberg
This fantastic computer-animated adaptation of the Tintin books (specifically The Secret of the Unicorn) is not only incredibly well done animation-wise, but also, I felt, provided an excellent adaptation of the original. It hewed very, very closely to the original, both in terms of dialogue and visuals (frequently shot-for-shot), but it gave itself a little room to play, too.
2011
Based on the comics by Hergé, screenplay by Stephen Moffat, Edgar Wright, and Joe Cornish, directed by Steven Spielberg
This fantastic computer-animated adaptation of the Tintin books (specifically The Secret of the Unicorn) is not only incredibly well done animation-wise, but also, I felt, provided an excellent adaptation of the original. It hewed very, very closely to the original, both in terms of dialogue and visuals (frequently shot-for-shot), but it gave itself a little room to play, too.
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