Sunday, June 7, 2009

GS - Long Drawn-Out Trip


This is a ~16 min silent film.
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4 comments:

goa said...

now found a review on the net...hope soon to dl it.

thanks


After a trip to Los Angeles, British animator Gerald Scarfe made this none too subtle attack on American values and society. Drawing on everything from the superficial nature of the society, the war mongering, the "me me me" greed, the make up, the diet and so on, Scarfe brings his own unique animation style into a flowing array of images which compliment the dialogue and noises that cover the soundtrack. The method is not always totally effective in producing a clear meaning but it is relentlessly engaging.

Indeed by the time Mickey mouse becomes a colourful blur after hitting some weed, the audience will be left in little doubt as to why this film has not really been seen since it was first screened in the 1970's. It is very harsh but yet very fair but not un-American (lets not forget that Scarfe is this way with the UK as well) although I doubt many of the flag wavers in the US would be able to sit through this and take anything away from it.

I doubt it will be easy to track down but it is relentlessly interesting with Scarfe's unique humour and animation style. Well worth finding and well worth seeing.

June 10, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Anonymous said...

yesterday watched it:
This is fantastic...recommended if you liked GS work for The Wall
You could learn that many of his imagery was clearly developed long before RW idea....ergo, his input in The Wall concept is important, more than I thought.

And you NEED to watch Mickey Mouse totally stoned :lol:


DR. F. :
one doubt, the guy that wrote the review says:
"images which compliment the dialogue and noises that cover the soundtrack"

???

Any idea what happened to the soundtrack...I mean, this is silent ???


goa

June 19, 2009 at 5:22 AM
Dr. Forrester said...

This copy, the only copy I have, is silent. However, I understand that a certain animation professor has a copy with the sound still intact. Working on getting it for you nice folks. Sorry for the inconvenience....

June 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM
goa said...

no inconvenience, the film, silent as it is here, is quite great
...and thanks in advance to that Toon professor ;-) :lol:

June 19, 2009 at 11:33 AM

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