Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons

Visdum Tooten: En Film Boot Don Hertzfeldt

This morning's cereal is "Wisdom Teeth," a handcrafted work of disturbing brilliance on the absurdity of the body and the insanity of pain, brought to you by the wonderfully deranged animator Don Hertzfeldt. You must visit him at bitterfilms.com -- where you can pick up DVDs of his selected works over the past decade. His most recent work is the "Bill" trilogy, aka It's Such a Beautiful Day -- a haunting work of existentialism can't recommend enough. And for a limited time, he is currently screening his brilliant, must-see 2005 film, The Meaning of Life in HD on Youtube. Don't…
March 2, 2013Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons
Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons

The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)

This 1953 animation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic story, "The Tell-Tale Heart", in my opinion remains the best adaptation of the story. Narrated by actor James Mason, produced by UPA...and purportedly the first cartoon to be X-rated in Great Britain. Of course, you should also read the original story, too. *** See the full playlist of my Saturday Morning Cartoons on youtube.
February 9, 2013Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons
Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons

Infant Intolerable

Here's a Saturday morning cartoon that's both endearing and surprisingly brutal: Infant Intolerable by animator Peter J. Casey. I do not endorse child abuse, and neither should you, but...these are blobby organ monsters, right? On the demo real of his work (posted on his blog), Casey shares that this animation was an experiment to see how much emotion he could get out of very simple characters...and the simple story was inspired by a plane ride. Any parent or air traveller can probably empathize...
February 2, 2013Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons
Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons

They Stop Cthulu (sic) Eating Ye

Here's a goofy Saturday morning cartoon about "Narwhals" to get your spirits up for New Years. Sure, it's more PG than my usual choices, but its creator, Mr Weebl references Lovecraftian Horror and that deserves respect. Chances are good you've already seen it -- it only has about 30 million views on youtube. The song will stick in your head. In fact, it just might impale itself there. You should check out the beautiful National Geographic photogallery of Hunting Narwhals to see the real things.
December 29, 2012Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons
Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons

It Came In Peace

This Saturday morning, let's cartoonically commemorate the whole end of the world madness of 2012 with a cautionary tale.  The animation team at Dice Productions presents: "It Came in Peace":     That's just a hint at their creative genius. Dice Productions has this thing about small things in big places and vice versa. You should also take a gander at their award-winning, touchingly gross full-length feature, All Consuming-Love (Man in a Cat).  
December 21, 2012Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons