Marius O’Galup (1867 – 1946) was an illustrator and animator who created around 20 short films using paper cut-outs. The public information films shown below from You Tube were made around 1918. Robert Lortac (1884 – 1973) created around 20 films for Pathé, which were either educational or children’s stories. He went on to work… Continue reading The evils of alcohol: early French cut-out animation by Marius O’Galop and Robert Lortac
Category: forgotten gems
Deadsy
Deadsy, directed by David Anderson, written and narrated by Russell Hoban, 1989, is one of the films that typify the creativity coming out of the UK in the 1980s, back when Channel 4 showed challenging and innovative films. Integrating animation with rotoscoped footage and manipulated video, it typifies what Alan Cholodenko describes as the way… Continue reading Deadsy
The Lost Continent: exploring the art and history of British animation
The Lost Continent is a blog covering British animation. It’s been going since 2009 and has an extensive coverage of many forgotten gems. Thoroughly recommended!