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This is the third time around for the inviting shorts of Winsor McCay on video and this is the best version by far. Those of you familiar with the previous Lumivision and Slingshot editions will collect the same films as before only this time the source prints are better (for the most section), the piano music by Gabriel Thibaudeaux suits the material better, and the optional commentary from animator John Canemaker gives the notable background on McCay and his films. For those of you not familiar with Winsor McCay (1867-1934), he was a eminent amusing strip artist whose considerable strips Tiny NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND and DREAMS OF THE RAREBIT FIEND (that’s Welsh Rarebit) were mainstays in the Hearst papers during the first decade of the 20th Century. The improbable quality of the artwork and the imaginative scenarios employed were and calm are a marvel to perceive.
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Between 1911 and 1921 McCay made a series of challenging shorts almost entirely drawn by him. The most distinguished is GERTIE THE DINOSAUR from 1914 presented here for the first time in a copy made from a 35mm print. The initial offering Limited NEMO from 1911 was not only drawn by McCay (on rice paper!) but hand-colored by him as well. The propaganda film THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA (1918) remains one of the titanic achievements in animation history. While the quality of the animation is beyond reproach, some people may be surprised by the dismal and disturbing nature of the Rarebit shorts THE PET and THE FLYING HOUSE (both 1921) and HOW A MOSQUITO OPERATES (1912) . McCay saw animation as an artform and not as a vehicle for approved entertainment. This ultimately forced him to give it up once the likes of FELIX THE CAT took over in the early 20′s.
As such these are not cartoons for children but serious films made with adults in mind and they tranquil play better to them today (although my children were quite taken with them) . If you have the previous editions you will want to bag this one for the quality of the prints and the bonus materials. If you don’t have them then hold this DVD now and introduce yourself to a suitable recent whose influence on those who followed (especially Walt Disney) can be seen to this day. Winsor McCay was grand more than a droll strip creator and an animation pioneer. He was truly a one-of-a-kind artist whose works like those of any large artist will continue to be an endless source of fascination for generations to near. If you accumulate the chance, check out John Canemaker’s coffee table book on McCay or any book that reproduces some of his laughable strips. They will benefit to give you a more fully rounded report of this new talent.
It is almost dusky to read the review below, and hear someone condescending the work of Winsor McKay as a curiosity from the dawn of animation. I am here to say nothing is further from the truth; this animation is some of the finest ever created, vastly outstripping the likes of anything you will leer in the cineplex in 2006.
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The first time I saw his dramatic rendering of the sinking of the Lusitania, it was an feeble 16mm print, projected in a private screening room. I was BLOWN AWAY. When the U-boat surfaces, the rippling waves and silhouettes of the soldiers on deck where hauntingly realistic. This film enthusiastic me emotionally in the Special FX more than anything in Return of the King to say nothing of most any other Hollywood tripe of tedious.
So, let’s fair bring this a slight serve to reality. Winsor McKay was nothing short of a genius. His fragment of the “Masters of the American Comical Book” note here in Los Angeles was hypnotic. No wonder the newest reproduction of his newspaper work is now sold out and selling for 250% of its retail cost on Amazon. If only there were more artists like him around now…
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