Bambi meets Godzilla: #38 on the list of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of All Time (1969)

Jerry Beck edited this book in 1994. 50 best manga selected by 1,000 animation experts, This asked experts to create a ranking of the best short cel animations ever made. To no one’s surprise, the experts selected 10 films from Warner Bros. animation. chuck jones. They also produced Fleischer Studios’ original Superman cartoons, Disney’s first animation with Mickey Mouse (1928’s “Steamboat Willie”), and the World War II propaganda film “The Face of the Führer” starring Donald Duck. ” also paid tribute to.

Yes, the big animation studios (Warner Brothers, Disney, etc.) dominate the list. However, a few “indies” have managed to make inroads. Take Windsor McCay’s seminal 1914 work “Gertie the Dinosaur,” for example. or Bambi and Godzilla meet. A student film produced by Marv Newland in 1969. Bambi and Godzilla meet (above) takes only 90 seconds to run. Of that, 48 seconds are spent on the opening credits, 27 seconds on the ending credits, leaving only 12 seconds of “action”, mostly static. The timing is interesting.

The short film was shown before the release of Philippe de Broca’s feature film and was distributed in theaters across the United States. king of hearts. For many years, the publicly available version of Bambi and Godzilla meet It has become worn and faded. So in 2013, Coda Gardner created a frame-by-frame HD recreation. You can watch it below.

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