With 300+ movies reviewed this year, reducing to a top ten is not an easy task. Leading up to the New Year there follows, in stages, my favourite movies of a busy year. No national bias, no favouring a particular style, only those ten animations that struck a chord. A number failed to make the final shake-up to the top ten however through no fault of theirs. The failing is entirely mine.
In strictly alphabetical order....
- A Sheep on the Roof - quirky, whimsical, beautifully drawn, funny, sad
- Boy and Girl - such romantic artistry, tempered by realism from a great director
- Good Vibrations - another great director making his point with an engaging comic touch
- Love Recipe - I simply had to choose a Supinfocom movie; this won for slickness and timing
- Milovan Circus - modern puppetry at its best, sad and magical
- Run of the Mill - I wish I had a better copy of the great man's educational video warning of the dangers of drugs
- The Last Knit - as No 1 above but miss out the sadness
- The Little Drummer Boy - loved song, technique and that true sense of Christmas with the family
- The Man with the Beautiful Eyes - there is still something cutting edge in the marriage of words and images
- Voyage To Next - an animation chosen because it represents an age where hope reigned above cynicism
Tomorrow I dip into the top ten.
2 comments:
Hi. I just discovered your blog. I have my own animation blog (www.filmandscissors.com/blog) and just wrote about your post. I like your list! Though I have to say I was not a huge fan of the Flash animation in A Sheep on the Roof, but I'm biased as a stop-frame animator. I also put a link to your blog in my 'link' column. Keep up the good work!
Hello Tess,
I too will link to your blog. "A Sheep on the Roof" was made by a student just about to commence Gobelins. I loved it personally. Animation is a broad church and the list represents my own preferences, no-one else's. There's another Flash animation to come yet in my top ten movies. Stop-frame animation is celebrated in two music videos due for a special award tomorrow!
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