feature animation
Dec. 15th, 2002 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
egypturnashI finally got around to watching Ashy's copy of 'Yellow Submarine' that's been sitting on top of the TV for a few months. I can see the flaws in it far more clearly than I could when I first saw it, but I can also see the things it's trying to do in the context of other feature animation.
Among other things, it's the first feature-length cartoon I remember seeing. No, not when it came out, I'm not that old! It was at the ever-amusingly-named Pitt Theater, with my father. The Pitt was - well, it wasn't quite an art-house theater. They never showed anything new, that I could remember, but then never showed art films. Just a lot of old stuff on their one large screen.
I'd probably seen a few Disney features beforehand; I could do some checking on the Mouse's re-release cycles and hazard guesses. But it's 'Sub' that I remember. Sitting there in the dark watching these nigh-unanimatable designs pose and posture, strange creatures doing strange things, in often-changing animation styles. It was an interesting introduction to what a cartoon could be, but almost never is. Certainly not on feature scales. It was also my introduction to the music of the Beatles, with whom I was fascinated for some time. I still love their music, from the simple harmonies to the weird experimental stuff.
What do I remember about early viewings of Disney flicks, by contrast? The case of the runs that interrupted my viewing of 'Aristocats'. The horror at forcing Gurgi into the Cute, Zany Sidekick mold in 'Black Cauldron'. (Okay, Alexander wrote him as a zany sidekick in the original books, but he certainly never read as cute to me.)
Um. There's not really any point to this entry, besides 'Yellow Submarine still r0xx0rz and I don't think you could get away with making it now'. Oh yeah, and I just found out that, according to the liner notes of this DVD, two of my all-time favorite Beatles songs were written for the movie. 'Only a Northern Song' and 'Hey Bulldog', if you're curious.
Among other things, it's the first feature-length cartoon I remember seeing. No, not when it came out, I'm not that old! It was at the ever-amusingly-named Pitt Theater, with my father. The Pitt was - well, it wasn't quite an art-house theater. They never showed anything new, that I could remember, but then never showed art films. Just a lot of old stuff on their one large screen.
I'd probably seen a few Disney features beforehand; I could do some checking on the Mouse's re-release cycles and hazard guesses. But it's 'Sub' that I remember. Sitting there in the dark watching these nigh-unanimatable designs pose and posture, strange creatures doing strange things, in often-changing animation styles. It was an interesting introduction to what a cartoon could be, but almost never is. Certainly not on feature scales. It was also my introduction to the music of the Beatles, with whom I was fascinated for some time. I still love their music, from the simple harmonies to the weird experimental stuff.
What do I remember about early viewings of Disney flicks, by contrast? The case of the runs that interrupted my viewing of 'Aristocats'. The horror at forcing Gurgi into the Cute, Zany Sidekick mold in 'Black Cauldron'. (Okay, Alexander wrote him as a zany sidekick in the original books, but he certainly never read as cute to me.)
Um. There's not really any point to this entry, besides 'Yellow Submarine still r0xx0rz and I don't think you could get away with making it now'. Oh yeah, and I just found out that, according to the liner notes of this DVD, two of my all-time favorite Beatles songs were written for the movie. 'Only a Northern Song' and 'Hey Bulldog', if you're curious.