Animation marathon at the Clark 3/26

TRIPLE FEATURE: 3 STUDIOS
Animation Festival at the Clark on Sunday, March 26th

11:00 am: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

Boogie-Doodle. 3 min. 1940. Norman McLaren begins by drawing directly on to film.
Begone Dull Care. 4 min. excerpt. 1949. Same idea carried further, to Oscar Peterson piano.
Neighbors. 8 min. 1952, AA-win. Famous for innovation of live-action pixillation.
Mosaic. 6 min. 1965. The culmination of Lines-Vertical and Lines-Horizontal.
Pas de Deux. 14 min. 1967. Stop-motion ballet in b&w outline -- acclaimed masterpiece.
Synchromy. 8 min. 1971. Brilliantly colored summation of visualized sound -- an optical joyride.

Mindscape. 8 min. 1976. Jacques Drouin’s pinscreen animation enters the artist’s mind.
Log Driver’s Waltz. 3 min. 1979. John Weldon animates a rollicking song by Kate & Anna McGarrigle.
The Sweater. 11min. 1980. Sheldon Cohen on a boy’s Rocket Richard jersey. It’s Canadien, eh?
The Street. 16 min. 1976, AA-nom. Caroline Leaf’s ink-on-glass version of Mordicai Richler story.

The Sand Castle. 13 min. 1977, AA-win. Co Hoedeman gives sand a life of its own.
Every Child. 6 min. 1979, AA-win. Eugene Fedorenko for UNICEF on children’s rights.
Blackfly. 5 min. 1991, AA-nom. Christopher Hinton’s hilarious musical take on a Northwoods bane.

Special Delivery. 7 min. 1978, AA-win. John Weldon in NFBC vein of sardonic adult humor.
The Bead Game. 6 min. 1977, AA-nom. Ishu Patel begins with single cell and ends with a bang.

1:30 pm: AARDMAN ANIMATION

Creature Comforts. 6 min. 1989, AA-win. Vox pop interviews put in the mouths of zoo animals.
Wat’s Pig. 11 min. 1996. “The Prince & the Pauper” re-told in claymation.

A Grand Day Out. 23 min. 1989, AA-nom. Nick Park’s student film is first Wallace & Gromit short.
The Wrong Trousers. 29 min. 1993, AA-win. Wallace taken in by criminal penguin, saved by Gromit.
A Close Shave. 30 min. 1995, AA-win. W & G solve sheep rustling scheme, save Wendolene.

Creature Comforts. 2003-to date. Telly programme sequel -- will show several 10-minute episodes.

4:00 pm: HUBLEY STUDIOS

Moonbird. 10 min. 1959, AA-win. John & Faith visualize imaginary quest of their two sons.
Windy Day. 9 min. 1967, AA-nom. They animate a conversation between their two daughters.
People, People, People. 5 min. 1975. The population explosion over 20,000 years.
W.O.W. (Women of the World). 10 min. 1975. Faith’s own historical and global view of feminism.
Who Am I? 4 min. 1989. Discovery of the five senses for Children’s Museum of Manhattan.

The Hole. 15 min. 1962, AA-win. Two construction workers debate nuclear war.
Of Men and Demons. 10 min. 1968, AA-nom. Mankind’s long struggle with nature and machines.
Voyage to Next. 10 min. 1974, AA-nom. Maureen Stapleton and Dizzy Gillespie riff verbally.

Cockabooty. 9 min. 1973. Emily & Georgia fantasize as toddlers; their parents spin the visuals.
Seers and Clowns. 9 min. 1994. Faith channels Klee & Miro in her survey of spiritual guides.

Origin of Love. 5 min. 2001. Emily’s animation of Platonic myth from Hedwig & the Angry Inch.

Everybody Rides the Carousel. 1976. Excepts from feature-length explication of Erik Erikson.
Doonesbury Special. 26 min. 1977, AA-win. John’s final film, tv adaptation of Gary Trudeau’s strip.