Monday, 7 September 2015

The grandfather of loony toons

Fantasmagorie (1908)

Directed by Emile Cohl this is an animated short film. A stick figure morphs through various objects in a bizarre stream of thought.

There is pretty much no narrative here at all but the humour and slightly surreal nature of the film really fit with the much later style of Bugs Bunny cartoons for example. The animation style is very simplistic but fits it's purpose even if it seems rudimentary. For it's short run time this is an enjoyable distraction that will likely raise a smile if not much more.


3/5

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