My love for early stop-motion Russian animation is endless. This film is one of my favorites; the images were photographed on glass panes that were slowly shifted to create the illusion of movement in space, along with other techniques. It’s written and directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano, and co-directed by Yuri Norstein. This is some of the earlier work for Norstein (1969), his later work is really incredible and worth checking out.
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The Seasons by I. Ivanov-Vano and Yuri Norstein
Mike Buffington 11:05 am on April 26, 2010 Permalink
Do you know Ladislas Starevich’s work?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislas_Starevich
Sanya 4:13 pm on April 26, 2010 Permalink
wow incredible! thanks mike! oooohh maybe i’ll get around to posting something of his one of these days :)