Jabberwocky (1971) by Jan Svankmajer
Sunday, January 29, 1989, 8:00 pm
ANIMATION ODDITIES & GROTESQUERIES
Films: Jabberwocky (1971) by Jan Svankmajer; The Nose (1964) by Alexeieff & Parker; Babobilicons (1981) by Daina Krumins; The Mascot (1934) by Ladislas Starevitch; and Ha Ha Ha! (1934) by Fleischer Studio. Filmmaker Lisa Crafts has selected a group of animated films ranging over time (1930s through 1980s), nationalities (Czech, Russian, American, etc.) and techniques (pinboard, puppetry, cell drawings) which bring their creators’ still images to darkly startling life. “Films by masters of eccentric visions, featuring: puppies in Boschland; naughty nose in jackboots, demon fishbones, porcelain Victorian cannibals, crab-clawed conical creatures, Betty Boop on nitrous oxide, and animated slime mould.” – L.C.