studio zagreb 2

before I go to my little island for a christmas
vacation I want to show you some more stills
from STUDIO ZAGREB shorts.
this time they are a bit mixed, here are some
of the titles -
COWBOY JIMMY 1957
LOW MIDNIGHT 1960
ALONE 1958
THE BOY AND THE BALL 1960
TWO SNAILS 1960
CAPTAIN ARBANAS MARKO 1967
NOCTURNO 1957
THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY 1959
THE EGG 1959
BOOMERANG 1962
LA PEAU DE CHAGRIN 1960







I wish you all HAPPY HOLIDAYS . . .

interesting

here are some very interesting links -
2 clips animated by alexsander petrov

http://www.pascalblais.com/it_petrov_09.html

http://www.pascalblais.com/it_petrov_08.html

the trailer for the recent russian animated
feature film PRINCE VLADIMIR

http://www.kinomania.ru/movies/k/Kniaz_Vladimir/trailer.shtml

and the trailer for the spanish animated
feature film NOCTURNA, release date next summer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mQUSKAKjrs

studio zagreb 1

the collection of scenes above is from my favorite short
out of the ZAGREB animation studio. done in 1961 -
DON KIHOT or DON QUIXOTE. design, animation, back-
grounds and direction by the master - vladimir kristl.

another one of my favorites from studio ZAGREB -
INSPEKTOR SE VRATIO KUCI or THE INSPECTOR
RETURNS HOME, 1959, script and direction vatroslav
mimica, design aleksander marks, animation vladimir
jutrisa, backgrounds zlatko bourek.

these films inspired me, more than the disney, WB or MGM
movies, to start animation myself. I always thought of it as
moving art. hand crafted art created on paper and cels, with
smelly real color and ink. and that is what 'real' animation
will always be for me.

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ken harris

richard williams gave me these photos years ago.
they show animation legend KEN HARRIS working on
THE THIEF and THE COBBLER, or latercalled ARABIAN NIGHTS,
in the richard williams studio in london around 1975.
I was lucky enough to meet ken harris in 1977 in london.
he started late in the mid thirties as an animator, already
in his late thirties, after having worked as a truck driver.
he was a natural talent and became one of the best animators,
animating most of the WB-cartoon characters in
over 200 shorts.
dick williams invited him to come to london to work on his
feature film, where another legend, ART BABBIT, joined as well.
here is a very interesting talk between dick williams and ken harris
in 1975 -

http://www.packthecat.com/PersistenceOfVision/Notes/
KenHarrisInterview.html

christmas

here are some books I would like to recommend
for christmas. they are illustrated by RONALD SEARLE,
one of my favorite artists. you can only get them in
antique bookstores or order them through
used bookshop websites like -

www.bookfinder.com/
www.abebooks.com/
www.powells.com/

it is worth it. they are not too expensive.
and pure treasures!!



all by RONALD SEARLE -

MERRY ENGLAND, etc
alfred a.knopf new york 1957

BY ROCKING CHAIR ACROSS RUSSIA
the world publishing company, cleveland 1960

BY ROCKING CHAIR ACROSS AMERICA
funk & wagnalls company, new york 1959

ESCAPE FROM THE AMAZON
perpetua books, london 1964

THE ST.TRINIAN'S STORY
perpetua books, london 1959

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
perpetua books, london 1961

THE RETURN OF TOULOUSE LAUTREC
DIE WIEDERKEHR DES TOULOUSE LAUTREC
kurt desch verlag, munic 1969

THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES
dennis dobson, london 1965

THE FEMALE APPROACH
alfred a.knopf new york 1954

HAVEN'T WE MET BEFORE SOMEWHERE?
the viking press, new york 1966

FROM FROZEN NORTH TO FILTHY LUCRE
the viking press, new york 1961