O Canada! – Three Animated Shorts from the National Film Board of Canada
For nearly seven decades now, the National Film Board, Canada’s public film production office, has been quietly pushing the boundaries of the animated shorts. It is largely the legacy of pioneer Norman McLaren, who was known for scratching animation directly on to film, using human beings as stop-motion puppets, and other unique production methods. This diversity of technique has allowed the artists working for the board to explore subjects not generally the domain of animated... Read More
Hunger (McQueen, 2008)
In his 1999 Turner Prize winning installation short film Deadpan, Steve McQueen reproduced the great gag from Steamboat Bill Jr. It is the one where Buster Keaton is standing right in front of a house being blown over by a cyclone. The facade falls on Buster, who just so happens to be standing directly in line with a window on the upper story. To our great relief, he remains unscathed. In McQueen’s take, the figure stands in the same situation for four minutes worth of film... Read More
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