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Winter Carousel (1958) (0:12) is beautifully filmed and animated, although
a bit slow. Starewicz waxes especially lyrical in this film, in which
we see the forest friends Bear and Rabbit (also seen in Nose
to the Wind) enjoying the joys of winter, personified by a white
female bear and a living snow man. |
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Starewicz apparently had quite an attachment to Christmas; Christmas
trees and themes figured prominently in his films. |
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The blindfolded brown bear (our "mortal" friend) chases his
snowy friend on ice. It's all in good fun. |
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Snowy fun is had by all, on the Winter Carousel! This is the bottom
of, you guessed it, another Christmas tree. It's a beautifully animated
scene. |
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All seasons pass, as this one does.
The snow bear flies away, looking much like a constellation, as our
friend the snow-man reveals himself to be a multi-seasonal being...
he melts to reveal the scarecrow of spring! |
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The scarecrow brings seasonal change wherever he goes. Click the image
at the left to see him transform winter to spring with his flute (a
539k movie)! |
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It's great to see Starewicz's frogs in color! |
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The sassy rabbit thumbs his nose at an off-screen recipient... it might even be you! |
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The rabbit and bear actually have to settle down and WORK for once...
they make a nice home. This is the garden. In the center of the garden
is a dancing grasshopper, VERY similar in design to the one recently
seen in Henry Selick's "James and the Giant Peach" (Selick
has stated the Starewicz is a personal favorite of his). |
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The rest of the Ladislas Starevich site:
A Short Biography | |
The Other "-Ographies" : Filmography, Videography, Bibliography and Puppetography (Revised 10/2/99) | |
Frogland (Revised 10/2/99) | |
The Mascot, a/k/a Puppet Love, a/k/a The Devil's Ball (Revised 10/2/99) | |
Nose to the Wind | |
Winter Carousel (Revised 10/2/99) | |
The Cameraman's Revenge (Revised 10/2/99) | |
The Insect's Christmas (Revised 10/2/99) | |
Voice of the Nightingale (Revised 10/2/99) | |
Tale of the Fox (Revised 10/2/99) | |
Short Takes: "The Scarecrow", "Town Rat, Country Rat" | |
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