Book Review: 'Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales: An Animator’s Journey'
Sarah Baisley continues her look at Annecy 2005 with a focus on the films.
Giannalberto Bendazzi's Recent Posts
Hollywood Flatlands: Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant-Garde
Four working composers discuss the creative challenges of making music for animation. Denis M. Hannigan, Don Grady, Jody Gray and James L. Venable offer tips and advice for both composers and creators, directors and producers.
History of Portuguese Animation Cinema
Giannalberto Bendazzi reviews History of Portuguese Animation Cinema by Antio Gaio, and finds a thoughtful text.
Paul Driessen -- Images and Reflections
Nicole Hewitt proves that animation does not need to be done in the solitary confinement of a studio. With her film In Between, she took to the streets of Zagreb to animate the cast off possessions of hundreds. Includes QuickTime clips!
A Letter To A Master
Giannalberto Bendazzi writes Giorgio "Max" Massimino-Garni, who was not only a personal source of inspiration and learning, but one of the greatest figures in Italian, as well as international animation in the last 50 years.
Lettera A Un Maestro
Giannalberto Bendazzi writes Giorgio "Max" Massimino-Garni, who was not only a personal source of inspiration and learning, but one of the greatest figures in Italian, as well as international animation in the last 50 years.
Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics
Giannalberto Bendazzi reviews Maureen Furniss' book, Artin Motion - Animation Aesthetics, where he discovers a knowledgeable,bright, new voice in writing on animation. Available in English and Italian.
Art in Motion - Animation Aesthetics
Critica di Giannalberto Bendazzi sull libro Arte inMovimento-Estetica di L'Animazione (Art in Motion - Animation Aesthetics)di Maureen Furniss dove lui scopre una voce pertinente, brillante e nuovaa livello mondiale di scrivere sulla animazione. E disponibile in Inglesee Italiano.
American Magus - Harry Smith - A Modern Alchemist
Giannalberto Bendazzi shares a treasure...the book American Magus - Harry Smith, which features "one of the most hidden, obscure and enigmatic figures in the entire history of animation and the avant-garde." Available in English and Italian.
That's Enough Folks: Black Image In Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960
Giannalberto Bendazzi reviews That's Enough Folks,Henry T. Sampson's insightful book on the cartoon treatment of African Americansand other minority groups. Available in English and Italian.
That's Enough, Folks (Questo e tutto, Famiglia) - Imagine nere nelle Cartonni Animati, 1900-1960
Giannalberto Bendazzi rassegna,Questo e tutto, Famiglia, ingenioso libro di T. Sampson sul tratamento dei afroamericani ed altri gruppi minoritari nei cartonni. E disponibile in Inglese e Italiano.
American Magus - Harry Smith - Alchimista d'Avanguardia
Giannalberto Bendazzi comparte un tessoro...il libro AmericanMagus - Harry Smith, il quale ci mostra "una delle figure piu nascoste ed enigmatiche di tuta la storia dell'animazione d'autore e d'avanguardia.
Cartoons On The Bay
Giannalberto Bendazzi reports on the second annual gathering in Amalfi.
La Freccia Azzurra (The Blue Arrow)
La Freccia Azzurra (The Blue Arrow) is a film that uses computers in a highly refined manner; so much so, that one hardly notices. Guided by an electronic brain, its camera is able to execute tracking shots and pans which one only thought possible in a live-action movie; drawn with pixels, the film's characters are seen across 30-40 levels, with each one staying in perfect focus. This is one of the secrets to the basic "lightness" of a film like no other, one which tells an amusing and fun-loving fairy tale set in the 30s, with the touch of a modern electronic storyteller. Scarafoni...
La Freccia Azzurra
Scarafoni in La Freccia Azzurra by Enzo d'Alò.Usa il computer in maniera raffinatissima, questo film: cosraffinata che quasi non si vede. Guidata dal cervello elettronico, la sua macchina da presa compie carrellate ed evoluzioni che sarebbero possibili solo nel cinema "dal vero"; disegnati dai pixel, i suoi personaggi arrivano a disporsi su 30-40 livelli in profonditdi campo, rimanendo tutti perfettamente a fuoco. questo uno dei segreti della fondamentale leggerezza di un film che non assomiglia a nessun altro, e che riesce a narrare una divertente e gentile fiaba...
Il Paese degli animali (Animaland)
Danny Fingeroth spins through the new book by Michael Mallory that covers everything Marvel in big, bold and glossy pages.
Il Paese degli animali
Are you wondering what to give someone, who works in animation or aspires to this holiday season? Well, wonder no more. The Career Coach has the answer.
Icelandic Animation
Animation in Iceland is a relatively recent (and mostly hidden) phenomenon. Giannalberto Bendazzi provides an look at frame-by-frame filmmaking in the island nation.
Quirino Cristiani, The Untold Story of Argentina's Pioneer Animator
In celebration of Quirino Cristiani's centennial, we are republishing Giannalberto's classic profile of the Italian immigrant who made the world's first two animated features.
Cartoons On The Bay
Cartoons on the Bay il titolo inglese di un festival italianissimo, ma tutto orientato a un grande mercato planetario: quello del disegno animato televisivo di qualit novitstrutturale destinata a scrivere (come del resto gista facendo) un capitolo totalmente nuovo della storia del cinema d'animazione...
