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The Cameraman's Revenge & Other Fantastic Tales
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	List Price: $29.99 *Features* • Animated • Black & White • Color • DVD-Video • Live • NTSC In Theaters : 20 January, 1924 DVD Release : 10 October, 2000
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The Cameraman's Revenge & Other Fantastic Tales description
The six shorts on this presentation offer animation buffs a look at the work of the pioneer stop-motion artist Ladislas Starewicz (1882-1965), whose films have been difficult to find in the West. Born in Moscow to a family of Polish origin, Starewicz displayed early interests in photography and entomology. He began experimenting with animation in 1910, when the stag beetles he wanted to film fighting refused to cooperate. These experiments led to The Cameraman's Revenge (1912), a droll tale of insect infidelity. Starewicz's most satisfying films involve insects and other bizarre creatures. The Frogs Who Wanted a King (1922), an adaptation of Aesop's fable, is crowded with the odd little amphibians who petition Jupiter for a king--and pay dearly for their folly. The eerie revels held by a devil doll and his grotesque, skeletal followers in the live-action and animation combination The Mascot (1933) are far more entertaining than the adventures of the little stuffed puppy whose heart is a mother's tear. The scenes of the puppy and the saccharine sequences in The Voice of the Nightingale recall the criticisms leveled at Starewicz's feature, Le Roman de Renard (The Tale of the Fox, 1937): the images are often beautiful, but the pacing is very slow, with little acting in the animation. Contains bizarre imagery and minor violence; suitable for ages 12 and older. --Charles Solomon

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Longing for more Starewicz

It's been about 8 years since I first heard the name Ladislas Starevitch. Then someone told me it was Ladislaw Starewicz. Sigh. Even if I got the name wrong, there's no mistaking genius. Sadly, in the film world Willis O'Brien is hailed for his brilliant stop-motion work, and Starewicz seems to go almost unknown.

I don't know how much of his work has been lost, but Starewicz was the pioneer of stop-motion, and it's a shame that more isn't available on DVD. Some of the works collected here are pre-WWI, and they were ALL created far from Hollywood.

Oh yeah-- the review. Well, what can I say? These short films range from the touching to the bizarre (I never associated frogs with Christmas), and the masterpiece of the collection is "The Mascot". I believe it was released the same year as "King Kong". Comparing the technique of the two films is very thought-provoking.

"The Mascot" appears to have been an immense undertaking. I can only imagine what Starewicz thought when he saw "King Kong" being released the same year. If you're a fan of stop-motion, or if you're just interested in what passed for kids' stuff before Disney, you should check this out.

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