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Thursday, February 08, 2007
The Mysterious Stranger
I recently rediscovered one of those films that traumatized me as an 80s kid: the claymation feature film "The Adventures of Mark Twain". In it, Tom Sawyer and friends journey through various recreations of Mark Twain's stories. The characters had a wrinkly charm that made them oddly beautiful. But then came the mysterious stranger. That sequence mesmerized and frightened me to no end. Recently I have discovered that this movie was the creation of Will Vinton. Will Vinton was the Nick Park of the 1980s. If there was a great piece of claymation, chances were that it was done by Vinton Studios. I'll showcase some of my favorite Vinton claymation pieces in the coming weeks.
Comments
Agreda
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Impresive. That one was one of my favorite books from my childhood. I was shocked by the book, and especially by this scene. I knew the sad humor of Mark Twain, but this story is so cruel and has so little hope that affected me a lot and took me by surprise.BTW, I have a friend preparing a comic adaptation of it.Thanks for posting.
Muttpop Bob
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Agreda:Thanks for sharing that with us. I didn't know that the animation was based on a book. Cool. Tell you friend good luck on that adaptation. I wonder how many children have been traumatized by the various interpretations of Twain's "Mysterious Stranger"? Probably way more than we imagine! :-)