Cheap The Cameraman's Revenge & Other Fantastic Tales (DVD) (Wladyslaw Starewicz) Price
CHEAP-PRICE.NET ’s Cheap Price
Here at Cheap-price.net we have The Cameraman's Revenge & Other Fantastic Tales at a terrific price. The real-time price may actually be cheaper — click “Buy Now” above to check the live price at Amazon.com.
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Wladyslaw Starewicz |
| MANUFACTURER: | Image Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Black & White, Animated |
| TYPE: | Classics (Silents/Avant Garde) |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 014381940725 |
Related Products
Customer Reviews of The Cameraman's Revenge & Other Fantastic Tales
Essential Viewing for Animation Fans Simply amazing work from the man who practically invented stop-motion animation. Films included are:
* Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
The unusual subject of insect infidelity is tackled. The oldest film in the collection, and fascinating - If he didn't used real bugs in this, he used VERY realistic models.
* Insect's Christmas (1913)
A "Santa" ornament jumps of a Christmas tree, and brings Christmas to the banks of a pond for various insects and frogs.
* Frogland (1922)
The story of the frogs that wanted a king. Zeus sends down a succession of undesirable candidates, then (apparently) gets annoyed with the request and sends them a Stork!
* Voice of the Nightingale (1923)
A little girl captures a nightingale. A hand-tinted film, and very beautiful.
* The Mascot (1934)
A dog puppet attempts to help a poor, sick girl by bringing her an orange. Along the way he encounters other toys and a host of demons!
* Winter Carousel (1959)
A bear and a rabbit court a pretty girl bear while playing in the snow.
While "The Mascot" is undoubtedly the prize to this collection, I'm also very fond of "Voice of the Nightingale", a touching hand-colored film combining stop-motion and live action. (trivia - the girl in the film, billed as "Nina Star" is actually Ladislaw's daughter Irene).
My only beef with this release is that it's the exact same films as on the older VHS/Laserdisc release. I know that "Nose to the Wind", "The Dragonfly and the Ant", "Christmas Eve", and "The Lily of Belgium" have been released on other video compilations which are now out of print - couldn't they have gotten some of those added? And when are we going to get to see his masterpiece, "The Tale of the Fox (Le Roman de Renard)?
The Mascot Rules!
This film is worth the price just for "The Mascot," an amazingly sophisticated short film with more subtle character development and more disturbing images than just about any other animated film. To create the character of the Mascot (an endearing stuffed dog), and place him at the Devil's Ball (with the most bizarre assemblage of creatures imaginable), reveals just how masterful Starewicz was, and why there has never been anyone like him to this day. If you've never seen The Mascot, you have a gaping hole in your appreciation of great animation.
Yeah, I took Film Study 101 too, buddy
"For real children who love strange mythologies and flights of dark fantasy?" Whoa, easy pal! Don't let the previous review turn you off. Starewicz's work really is a wonderful, unique thing. Take it from a former Sesame Street viewer.