Disney to remove all extras from rental DVDs as well Following in Fox’s footsteps, Disney has announced that it will become the second studio to release two different “classes” of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, a “premium” version, and a bare-bones rental version. Starting in June with the movies Morning Light, Confessions of a Shopaholic and […]
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Disney is okay with plagerizing…
…itself. Check out this collection of Disney films that have reused images in different films.
Continue readingOrigins of American Animation @ Library of Congress American Memory site
This is pretty cool. Streaming video of 21 shorts from 1900 to 1921. From a variety of producers including Edison, Gaumont, Essanay, and International Film Service. link
Continue readingCool find: Animator Sally Cruikshank’s films on YouTube
I’d seen a few of these, Quasi at the Quackadero and Face like a frog, and didn’t realize she done so many others. Cruikshank made her name in the late seventies with an animation style that was heavily influenced by early animation pioneers Max and Dave Fleischer. I’d wondered what became of her and am […]
Continue readingThe pre-history of Gumby: Art Clokey’s student film Gumbasia
Made in 1955 at the University of Southern California. link
Continue readingMust-see film: Powers of Ten now viewable online
This is a really cool film that illustrates the size of the universe in powers of ten – starting with a couple having a picnic in Chicago zooming out to 100 million lightyears away – and then all the way back in to the man’s hand and on down to a single proton, .000001 angstroms. […]
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