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WLADYSLAW STAREWICZ – FROGLAND 1922

Made in 1922 while Starewicz was in Paris, this film (also known as “The Frogs who Wanted a King”) is a fable in the best Aesop tradition… the moral: Be careful what you ask for… you might get it!

The Frogs of Frogland think they need a king… they beg Jupiter (their human god?) to send them one. First, he sends a Wooden King. The frogs realize the Wooden King doesn’t do anything (he can just barely roll his eyes…), so they ask Jupiter for “a better King”.

Jupiter complies… he sends a Stork King. Storks, of course, eat frogs.

Too late, the Frogs realize the error of their ways. They plead for help from Jupiter, while hiding underwater (This is a technically interesting scene… the frog puppets seem to be in an aquarium, but the bubbles flowing through the aquarium move in sync with their speech… it doesn’t look like stop-motion, in other words. He may have used puppets on “rods” for this).

Jupiter is now irritated beyond belief, and “Gives ‘em Thunder” (actually lightning). These naughty frogs won’t bother anyone ever again.

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The frog puppets, and some of Starewicz’ others, were recently on display in the Museum of the Moving Image in London and the NY MoMA They are also seen in the Starewicz films “Nose to the Wind” and “Winter Carousel”.

This film makes a brief appearance in the 1996 major motion picture “BASQUIAT”. Although we don’t see enough of “Frogland” in this film, it is quite relevant…

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SOURCE :

http://www.awn.com/heaven_and_hell/STARE/stare3.htm

LINK :

http://cosmonine.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/the-bug-trainer/

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The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) Władysław Starewicz

This very early silent era stop-motion film was made by Władysław Starewicz in imperial Russia in 1912. He used real insects to create the story. In the story the beetle and his wife both show their infidelity. The beetle while on a business trip goes to a nightclub and picks up a mistress, the dragonfly. While at the nightclub the beetle angers the grasshopper who also wanted to take out the dragonfly. So when the beetle goes back to the motel with the dragonfly the grasshopper follows and gets his revenge by recording them on camera kissing.

Meanwhile back at the beetle residence the wife beetle also entertains a male friend who is also a grasshopper. The husband beetle gets home just after the wife kisses her grasshopper “friend.” Quickly the grasshopper goes up the chimney and the wife kisses her husband hello. But he is unhappy when he sees the hat and painting of another man in his den. He breaks the painting over his wifes head.

Later they appear to have reconciled as the go to see a film. But the camera man is the grasshopper from earlier that filmed the beetle and his mistress. He plays his film for the crowd and Mr. and Mrs. Beetle. Angered Mrs. Beetle hits Mr. Beetle with an umbrella and in the ensuing chaos the theatre gets wrecked and Mr. Beetle attacks the grasshopper. At the end of the film Mr. and Mrs. Beetle appear to be in jail.

Moral of the story: Don’t cheat on your spouse it will only come back to haunt you!

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Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft (1998)

Following the death of his uncle, a young man by the name of Randolph Carter (Art Kitching) inherits an old text known as the Necronomicon. Reading the text unleashes horrors both physical and psychological for the young man. His only hope for understanding what is happening is a long dead pulp fiction writer from Providence, Rhode Island: H. P. Lovecraft (Christopher Heyerdahl).

Based on the stories of famous horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft is a unique mix of both fiction and biography that explores the stories and life of the famous author.

This film was originally shown on Bravo! Canada and later was the main feature for The H.P. Lovecraft Collection: Volume 3 DVD which is no longer in print.

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Sony’s Action Cam on RC Helicopter filming 軍艦島 (Gunkanjima / battleship island)

English below:
軍艦島は世界でもっとも有名な廃墟の一つである。海底炭鉱を採掘するために開拓され、最盛期には5000人を超す住民が住んでいた。1974年に最後の住民がいなくなり、現在は無人島となっている。私たちはソニーのアクションカムを搭載したラジコンヘリでこの美しい無人島を空撮し、永遠の記憶に残るような美しい映像として記録に残した。

Gunkanjima (“Battleship Island”) is one of the world’s most well-known “ghost towns.” Originally developed as a seabed coal mining facility, more than 5000 people inhabited the island at the peak of its prosperity. The last inhabitants left in 1974, and today the island remains uninhabited. Using a radio-controlled helicopter equipped with a Sony’s Action Cam, we took some aerial footage of this breathtaking deserted island to serve as a record for generations to come.

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1939 New York in HD Color – Looks Like Filmed Yesterday!

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New York City, Summer 1939. Rarely seen recently surfaced amateur movie, filmed by a French tourist, Jean Vivier, in 16mm Kodachrome. Great conservation state and incredible quality!

Score added (Demo Only) in 2013 by ROMANO-ARCHIVES (DJ Kirill Sergeew – 2 Minutes 38 Seconds To Kiss).

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Unique Film of Pierre-Auguste Renoir Painting (1915)

This is unique footage of the great Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919).

He is seen at home, working on a canvas.

I’m just astonished it exists – I never imagined I’d see film of him painting – you even get a sense of his method of applying the oil to the canvas.

Also present in this footage are Renoir’s son Jean Renoir, 14, who stands by to arrange the palette and place the brush in his father’s hand, and Sacha Guitry, the man who made this film in 1915 and who appears midway through the film sitting down and talking with the artist.

A full description of the circumstances of the shooting of this footage and of those present can be seen at:

http://www.openculture.com/2012/07/astonishing_film_of_arthritic_impressionist_painter_pierre-auguste_renoir_1915

Enjoy

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Disneyland – 3.14 – Our Friend the Atom

Walt Disney began hosting his own television show for ABC in 1954 in an unusual contract: Disney provided ABC with a weekly hour-long television program in exchange for funding for the construction of Disneyland. As a result, the television show was also originally named Disneyland. The anthology series has since gone through a number of name changes over the years: Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, The Wonderful World of Disney, Disney’s Wonderful World, Walt Disney, The Disney Sunday Movie, and The Magical World of Disney. The series spanned an incredible 54 years—13 seasons of which were hosted by Walt Disney, himself.

Dr. Heinz Haber, a noted scientist in the field of atomic energy, hosts this look at the possibility of an exciting new power source. He starts by comparing atomic energy to a genie in a bottle, both of which capable of doing both good and evil, and it is up to humankind to develop safe controls over this largely unexplored science.

Aired on Wednesday, January 23rd, 1957 on ABC at 7:30pm
Aired on Wednesday, April 24th, 1957 on ABC at 7:30pm

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