Like all of Winsor McKay's cartoons, this little mosquito fable uses his incredible artistic talent to its fullest and contains a surprising amount of wit for such a simple, short subject. Like his newspaper cartoons, McKay's animated films are distinctive in their art and humor, but the animated films are especially interesting because they lie at the very root of cartoons. Ga...
俄国出品的动画片,採 stop-motion (定格摄影) 的方式拍摄。这部短片真是十足的跨时代「动作」,不论是内容还是製作水准,都不输现代同类型的动画片,甚至有过之而无不及,能够一看再看。
整部片的角色都是昆虫,以拟人化手法表达,就像童话故事,但也正因为这样让整个故事变得很好笑,剧情从一对甲虫夫妇开始说起。甲虫夫妇住在郊区,生活十分平静,只是这样的生活不免让他们夫妻俩都觉得无聊。甲虫先生因工作的关係常进城,他为了应酬经常会到一间叫「同性恋蜻蜓」(Gay Dragonfly) 的酒吧去看表演。某天,他照往常来到这间酒吧,有一场表演是蜻蜓女郎跳舞。女郎曼妙的舞姿与姣好的外貌吸引了蚱蜢跟甲虫先生,蚱蜢立刻过去对蜻蜓示好,并有带她出场的意思;甲虫先生也有此意,却被蚱蜢抢了先机,便不管三七二十一地靠蛮力打翻蚱蜢,迳自带着蜻蜓出场,叫车到「爱的旅馆」开房间。蚱...
A man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man. Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also been cowering since her mother died. But when they venture out in search of breakfast, Bruteforce separates the couple and sends Weakhands scrambling into a cave. There, he hits upon the desi...
Ivan Orloff and his wife decide to emigrate to America with a group of several others. Ivan is used to treating his wife roughly, and o n arrival in America, he forces her to carry their baggage, while he repeatedly prods her with his cane. A passer-by rebukes Ivan, and forces him to carry the load. But this is only the first of several lessons that Ivan will learn in his new c...
A sick unmarried mother writes on her death bed a letter to the father of her daughter. The father lets young widow Sara Andersson take care of his daughter, and he has no idea that she will be forced to begging.
This film was long considered lost, but the original negative was found in 2004 at Cinémathèque Franaise in Paris.