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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.12 - March 1999
Early "Independent" Animation
While Mr. Alder in "The
State of Independence" (Alder, 3.10) is certainly correct in identifying
a high-point in the use of the term "Independent" during the 1950s
and 1960s (witness Birgit Hein's book), it is also important to note that
during the late 1920s and early 1930s there existed in Europe a "League
of Independent Film" with offices in Amsterdam. They had a network of
theaters in most European countries, and could sponser a filmmaker to tour
with a new work to London's Film Society, Berlin's Kamera Unter den Linden,
Paris' Studio Etoile, Amsterdam's Uitkijk, and venues in Prague, Copenhagen
and so on. They showed and promoted a whole range of what we would call Experimental
Films, including Ballet Mecanique and Entr'acte, Joris Ivens'
documentaries, films of Germaine Dulac (who was also an organizer), Kirsanoff,
Storck and more. But there was also a large contingent of animators, including
people like Ruttmann, Fischinger, Len Lye and Lotte Reiniger, who are certainly
the parents of Independent Animation today.
Elfriede Fischinger
Kudos to ILM's Seth
I wanted to write in and say how much I liked the Seth Rosenthal interview,
"ILM's Seth
Rosenthal on Motion Capture" (Kenyon, 3.11). I was particularly interested
in his opinions on misuses of mocap, when it's appropriate, and when it's
not. His opinions, and more importantly, his logic behind them, are right
on. It's rare to hear someone thinking about the field that clearly and intelligently,
and I got a lot out of the article. Please tell him thanks!
Emre Yilmaz
Protozoa
Let's Hear It For Girls!
Terrence Briggs' review of The Powerpuff Girls , "Sugar
and Spice and a Bit of Ka-Pow!" (Briggs, 3.11), especially the token
appreciation of She-Ra as an example of "women-in-power,"
shows a pretty serious disrespect of women. A boy-toy woman with huge tits
and a weapon is not a good example of a woman in power, except in the most
base fan-boy fantasies.
The translation of Sailor Moon to English leaves a lot to be desired,
but it's still light years ahead of anything that has ever graced the screens
in any English-speaking country.
Girls really like cartoons but they get so ghetto-ized when it comes to anything
besides the Smurfs or My Little Pony. He really should give them
some more consideration.
Kevin Dougherty
Producer/Animator of Kablam!'s `Fuzzball'
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