Thursday, October 9, 2014

Русские Фильмы!

Today we watched three animated shorts by Russian artist Yuri Norstein. Even if I hadn’t been told the films were made in Russia, the style of the films displayed a prominent feeling of eastern European art. It’s fascinating for me to watch. I love how Norstein kept the style of animation like that of a book illustration, and for its time and location, it was probably very complex to create.





I wonder if children from this day and age would respond to the films the same way they did back when they were made.  I mean, it wasn’t that long ago, but animation has changed so much. I wonder if American children and Russian children would have different or similar opinions on the films. This could be an interesting psychological study. 

I’ve seen other movies in Russian, but for the most part they remind me of American cartoons, maybe a little cheesier because it’s in Russian, but still the same quality. In my opinion, because everything is done on the computers now, it cheapens the heart of animation. Time is money after all. That’s why it was so refreshing to see something like this. You know Norstein had his heart in it; it clearly shows. 

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