French Animation. Part 6: 1981 – 1985
Continuing my survey of French animation productions – this week French masters René Laloux and Jean Image are joined by the likes of Bill Hanna and Joseph Barbera! Minoïe, directed…
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French Animation Part 5: 1976 – 1980
Continuing my survey of French animated features, this week we look at those from the mid-to-late 1970s. Le Tour du Monde de Colargol, directed by Tadeusz Wilkosz. 1974 on TV;…
French Animation Part 4: Jump to 1970-1975
There were apparently no more French-language animated features besides Belvision’s up to 1970. During the 1970s, French animation exploded so much that this column covers the theatrical features from 1971…
French Animation. Part 2: Early Features
Continuing my survey of French animation, I’ll first note that through 1950 isolated French-language animated short films, mostly theatrical animated commercials, began to appear immediately before and during World War…
“Johnny The Giant Killer” (1950)
Steve Stanchfield’s recent post about obscure animated features had me thinking about one of my favorite guilty pleasures – Johnny The Giant Killer. However, there is little to like about…
Christmasy Cartoonz, Part 5: Foreign Animation, A – I
I would get lost if I tried to include all of the foreign (non-U.S., Canadian, or British, which are often shown on American TV) Christmas animated features and shorts. Here…
