Une nuit sur le mont chauve (1933)

Une nuit sur le mont chauve

a.k.a. A Night on Bald Mountain

1933 · 8 min · Directed by Alexander Alexeieff, Claire Parker

Mussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, animals flee, and a horse gallops by. A child looks on. Monsters run and float by: the phantasmagoric is everywhere. A woman's figure tumbles through space. A clash ensues. The horse falls. Goblins take control. The night and its denizens are relentless. Forms appear and become grotesque. Will dawn and calm ever come?

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The Last Baron

Interesting considering the technique used to animate it (and it uses the original 1867 composition I think) but I enjoyed the Fantasia rendition much more.

minderaser

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjdUExuKfFE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjdUExuKfFE</a>

corchap

"Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side so that the pins cast shadows. The technique has been used to create animated films with a range of textural effects difficult to achieve with traditional cel animation.. The technique was developed by Alexandre Alexeïeff and his wife Claire Parker who were often guests of the National Film Board of Canada." - wikipedia

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