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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR0eBWDVAtw Chuck Jones had been making tepid Disney-esque cartoons for five years when he made his first great film. Most of the short is animated in a "limited" smear style that was revolutionary for the time.   Instead of a smooth movement from one pose to another, there's a few frames of smeared animation. It gives a surreal, goofy effect. Especially when you pause it. 
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Pththya-lyi posted:CONFOUND THOSE DOVER BOYS! DEAR RICH DORA STANDPIPE HOW I LOVE HER (father's money) Cuckoo posted:Chuck Jones was an animation master, but I honestly didn't like the cutesy faces he used for the Looney Tunes or Tom and Jerry in the 50s/60s. (Yes I know that they were all drawn in the fairly generic and interchangeable "screwball" style before that but still) I think Warner Bros. was the best place for Jones because his MGM work is mostly forgettable besides How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Dot and the Line. The Phantom Tollbooth is up there with Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings in terms of bad adaptations that shouldn't have been anything but awesome. He had a strange career path considering he spent several years making one mediocre cartoon after another at Warner Bros., then he's suddenly making one great cartoon after another. It's funny how Jones is known for making both the best Warner Bros. cartoon ever made (What's Opera, Doc?) as well as what's considered the worst (Good Night Elmer). Still, Jones made so many great cartoons, it's not so bad. Although, the filmographies of Clampett, Tashlin, and Avery are nearly bulletproof.
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Cuckoo posted:Yeah Avery has to be my all time favorite old school animator, but there was no doubting Chuck's skill or distinctive style. He also seemed to weather the movie shorts to tv production change better than everyone else (besides Hanna Barbera, of course). I love Frank Tashlin's cartoons. They're directed like live-action, with all sorts of amazing shots and timing. He was thrown into the cheap B&W unit at Warner Bros. after going to Columbia for a few years. Porky Pig's Feat is one of the best cartoons ever made. Also, he had one hell of a leg fetish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1UaE-h3sE
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Dover Boys cosplay: Gravitee posted:We recently got this one on a Looney Tunes DVD and my son ran around the house screaming this yesterday. Awesome
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