Appreciating the Classics

[mythteller]

I had an entry ready all about alignments, but sarahcarotte just got a link to some classic animation, so I need to write about that instead.

This is an identifiably Canadian thing. If you want to identify the Canadians in a room, ask the crowd who has seen the animated short of The Log Driver's Waltz. I have yet to find a Canadian who hasn't seen this classic animated short. It was always stuck onto the end of another program as filler if it ran short.

If you are one of those hapless Canadians who has not seens this short, it is being featured on You Tube. Go and Get Your Canuck On, Eh?

In case you're interested, these are also some of my all time favorite animated shorts. I think if I had been encouraged at a young age, I would've gone into animation instead of writing. Woulda, shoulda, coulda.

All three of these are animated by the great Canadian Cordell Barker:

The Big Snit
The Cat Came Back
Strange Invaders

The others are still from the National Film Board of Canada:
Black Fly
The Sweater

Comments

YAY!

[emeraldblack.livejournal.com]

The best! Cat came Back! Quel Joy!
Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.
made my day.

[talyesin.livejournal.com]

I SO want Invisible to cover The Log Driver's Waltz.

[jdhobbes.livejournal.com]

I could totally see that song as a Punk Rock ballad. Also, I think Black Fly could make that transition pretty easily too.

I trust you'll be making this suggestion?