Funny, intelligent, and pedagogic visualization of a sensitive topic: »the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively for pleasure«. Well conceived and executed in a charmingly uncomplicated manner.
Three minutes of tender joy. Probably in my book of lovable didactic bagatelles.
Sininen viikko (1954)
A short and brisk triangle drama that explores the tired trope of escaping the mundane and finding brief happiness in a bubble destined to burst.
Silly, heartfelt, and ominous. Probably not in my book of summertime blues.
Happy days are here again! With the help of a generous cineaste friend and the fabled torrent tracker Karagarga I have managed to obtain 11 (!) of the missing 18 movies on my list, leaving only these 7 missing:
Brazil
A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga (1965)
Memórias do Cárcere (1984)
Greece
Νεκρή πολιτεία [Dead city] (1952)
Με τη Λάμψη στα Μάτια [With glittering eyes] (1966)
Η ηλικια της θαλασσας [The age of the sea] (1978)
Τα παιδια της Χελιδονας [The children of the swallow] (1987)
Λευτέρης Δημακόπουλος [Lefteris Dimakopoulos] (1993)
You have to register for a trial period and they only offer an older edition – but hey, it’s free (and everything seems legit):
http://landingbook.co/1001_movies_you_must_see_before_you_die_5th_anniversary_edition.pdf
A more dubious offer:
Story and animation are equally clumsy, even if the Dinornis itself looks funny in a stupid kind of way.
Willis O’Brien’s pre-Kong shorts are quite uneven. Not in my book of early birds.
These amusing anachronisms of everyday prehistoric life surely must have inspired The Flintstones. Unfortunately, most of the story is rather slow and tedious – plus somewhat confusing and at times even incomprehensible.
A surprising and hilarious mutilation scene is not enough for this one to qualify for my book of »rural free« but highly unreliable mail delivery.
By today’s standards this caveman stop-motion – famous animator Willis O’Brien’s first – is both crude and simplistic. Definitely no tragedy, though!
Refreshingly ironic intertitles. Not in my stone age book.
