The Animation Show (2003)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Release Date:

18 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

The Animation Show is an international collection of the world's best animated short films, programmed by co-producers Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt...

Plot Keywords:

Compilation

Also Known As:

Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt Present: The Animation Show (USA) (poster title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent and sexual content.

Runtime:

102 min (DVD version) | USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese | German

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:PG | USA:Not Rated

Company:

The Animation Show

Movie Connections:

Features Aria (2001/I)

A lot of hits and a lot of misses--but the hits are so good, it's worth seeing

I recently watched this DVD and was impressed by the overall quality of the animated shorts. There were some definite duds on the disk--the worst of which were THE ADVENTURES OF RICARDO shorts--they were just cruel and NOT in any funny way. However, despite these few, there were so many wonderful shorts that it makes this a must-have DVD. Included among the good are the Oscar-nominate DAS RAD, PARKING (by Plympton), three of Adam Elliot's brilliant shorts (UNCLE, BROTHER and COUSIN), the bizarre but fascinating MT. HEAD (also Oscar-nominated), and some very cruel and very funny simple shorts by Hetzfeldt--and several others that were good but I don't have time to mention. I can't wait to see the next volume.

PS--Many of these better animations can be found on other DVD collections. For example, DAS RAD and MT. HEAD are both on the ART OF THE SHORT FILM DVD by Film Movement.

FYI--There are, at present, three volumes to this collection. My review was based on the first one. The second, was far inferior--with very little humor and too many "artsy" films. I'd rate that one a 5. The third was very different--less funny but very surreal and amazing--I'd score it an 8.