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Utopia Parkway

  • 1997
  • 5m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Utopia Parkway (1997)
AnimationShort

"Utopia Parkway" explores the magic of objects and transformation. It was inspired by the boxes of Joseph Cornell, who lived on Utopia Parkway (Queens, NY) nearly all of his life. The animat... Read all"Utopia Parkway" explores the magic of objects and transformation. It was inspired by the boxes of Joseph Cornell, who lived on Utopia Parkway (Queens, NY) nearly all of his life. The animation was made with drawings on index cards, molded replacement sculptures, wooden boxes, ci... Read all"Utopia Parkway" explores the magic of objects and transformation. It was inspired by the boxes of Joseph Cornell, who lived on Utopia Parkway (Queens, NY) nearly all of his life. The animation was made with drawings on index cards, molded replacement sculptures, wooden boxes, cigar boxes, bottles and seashells. "The works I found most compelling not only had an intel... Read all

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    • Joanna Priestley
  • Writer
    • Joanna Priestley
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
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    • Director
      • Joanna Priestley
    • Writer
      • Joanna Priestley
    • 1User review
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins total

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    6Polaris_DiB

    Fun fun

    It's pretty difficult to give this a rating on the traditional five star (double to make ten star) scale, as it doesn't really involve all the elements that most people use to distinguish such things. For instance, I break the stars up to elements such as acting, plot, and writing. This has none of those, really, and even though I'm familiar with various avant garde movements this isn't really experimental as much as just a light and fun exploration of color and form.

    Mostly, it's a great mix of different sort of animation techniques, most really fun to watch and, well, lovely. There's not much more to it than that, though it is a bit repetitive in ways. It's probably most interesting to those who focus directly on animation or aspire to work in the form themselves. In that sense it's very inspiring... but for anybody looking for a traditional animation, it's something you might find interesting but maybe won't care too much about.

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      • United States
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      • Priestley Motion Pictures
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      5 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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