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DukeOfPrunes a écrit :Pas forcément. Certes, il y a des cartoons type "HAMILTON THE MUSICAL ELEPHANT" qui rappellent presque la panthère rose, mais ça va au-delà... Le design n'a pas l'air forcément travaillé comme ça mais certains courts-métrages d'animation ont un propos sérieux - notamment le premier film de la collection (plutôt expérimental), ou une histoire du cinéma qui est un genre de réflexion sur l'avènement de la TV, ou encore le clip du morceau de Kraftwerk Autobahn :



Il y aussi du stop-motion, des papiers découpés...

Perso, j'ai déjà commandé

*Short Films by Jonas Mekas:
CASSIS (1964)
HARE KRISHNA (1966)
NOTES ON THE CIRCUS (1966)
REPORT FROM MILLBROOK (1965 - 1966)
TRAVEL SONGS (1967 - 1981)
WILLIAMSBURG (1949 - 2002)

Crazylegs Crane

After appearing as supporting character in the Tijuana Toads, Blue Racer and Dogfather cartoons, Crazylegs Crane earned a starring role in his own series of animated shorts, broadcast as part of the The All-New Pink Panther Show. In 16 short comedies, the dim-witted, flight challenged bird hatches elaborate schemes to dominate his swampy home. When not tripping over the complexity of his own backfiring plots, the dopey crane is foiled by a mischievous dragonfly, who playfully reminds Crazylegs he s not the mastermind he thinks he is.

Content and Special Features:
All cartoons presented in their original aspect ratio of 1:33:1
Audio Commentaries for selected episodes by Friz Freleng (compiled from archival interviews), filmmaker Greg Ford, author Mark Arnold, and historian Jerry Beck
New documentary on the history of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, featuring interviews with Friz Freleng, Greg Ford, animator/director Art Leonardi, ink & paint artist Barbara Donatelli, Jerry Beck, and critic Will Friedwald
STREET DATE: APRIL 26.

The Ant and the Aardvark

Originally produced for theatrical release and later broadcast as part of The Pink Panther television series, The Ant and the Aardvark revived the timeless cartoon conflict of predator and prey, and modernized it with an irreverent sense of humor and a splashy color palette emblematic of the late 1960s and early 70s. This special edition includes all 17 episodes of The Ant and the Aardvark, as well as interviews with the men and women who collaborated on these animated classics.

Content and Special Features:
All cartoons presented in their original aspect ratio of 1:33:1
Audio Commentaries for selected episodes by Friz Freleng (compiled from archival interviews), filmmaker Greg Ford, author Mark Arnold, and historian Jerry Beck
New documentary on the history of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, featuring interviews with Friz Freleng, Greg Ford, animator/director Art Leonardi, ink & paint artist Barbara Donatelli, Jerry Beck, and critic Will Friedwald
STREET DATE: APRIL 26.

Kino Lorber will release on Blu-ray Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923.
The five-disc Blu-ray set will be available for purchase on May 24.

Abstract in Concrete (1952). John Arvonio shot footage for this stunning pattern film of New York City at night over a five-year period. The music by Frank Fields is a movement of his 1931 suite Times Square Silhouette. Although it was quite successful and widely shown in the 1950s, Arvonio never released another film.

Analogies #1 and Color Dances #1 are both by Jim Davis (1952-53). Painter, sculptor and a major figure in '50s avant-garde film, Davis is represented in the Masterworks anthology by Evolution. "Abstract and mysterious to many spectators, these waves and streams of light were for Davis images of the causative force of nature." - ReVoir

Treadle and Bobbin by Wheaton Galentine (1954). The Singer treadle sewing machine stars in this rhythmic and imaginatively photographed work. "A distinguished visual analysis of moving parts, well exploited for beauty and interest and notable for its fresh observation" - Melbourne (Australia) Int'l Film Festival. Galentine collaborated with other major independent filmmakers of the period including Francis Thompson, Shirley Clarke and Alexander Hammid, but this is his only released solo work.

N.Y., N.Y. by Francis Thompson (Filmed 1949-57, released 1958). Thompson shot the vibrant fractured images with a Kodak Ciné-Special camera specially rigged with "secret" mirrors, kaleidoscopes and even reflective car hubcaps. The experience remains an exquisite time capsule that not only documents Manhattan during the 1950s but also, in the words of the New York Times, proffers "one of the few genuine masterpieces" of the burgeoning experimental film movement in the United States.

All are brilliant and true color copies mastered in high definition from original Kodachrome master copies or camera films.