The Cameraman's Revenge and Other Fantastic Tales : : the Amazing Puppet Animation of Ladislaw Starewicz

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Call Number: DVD Animation Cameraman's
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD Animation Cameraman's	1-week checkout	On Shelf

Films are variously tinted, black and white, or color.
Soundtracks in stereo (films 1-4) and mono (films 5-6).
Container includes brief notes and biographical information as well as chapter index with credits and data on individual films.
The cameraman's revenge = Mest' kinematografich-eskogo operatora / produced by Khanzhonkov Co., 1912 (13:00) -- The insects' Christmas / produced by Khanzhonkov Co., 1913 (7:00) -- Frogland : The frogs who wanted a king = Les grenouilles qui demandent un roi, 1922 (9:00) -- Voice of the nightingale = La voix du rossignol, 1923 (13:00) -- The mascot = Fetiche mascotte / produced by Gelmafilm, 1933 (26:00) -- Carrousel boréal = Winter carousel / un film de L. Starewitch, 1958 (12:00).
Six animated works produced by Starewicz in Moscow and Paris between the years 1912 and 1958. As the world's first great puppet and stop-motion model animator, Starewicz was best known for his insect stories. Starewicz's grasshoppers, dogs, frogs, dolls, and other creatures portray heroics and follies with an exuberance of humor and invention.
DVD ; Full screen.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

The Cameraman's Revenge and Other Fantastic Tales submitted by lstorc on July 23, 2019, 10:25am This is a little out there for my taste. The puppetry is ok, but the film it is recorded on shows signs of decay that is distracting.