The Strange Case of the First French Animated Feature – Part 1 “The King and Mr. Wonderbird”
1953’s “Le Roi et l’Oiseau” by Paul Grimault is known by many names – and has been re-released many times. Let’s sort it out.
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French Animation. Part 7: 1986 – 1990
This week we continue our survey of French animated features with a look at the late 1980s – and films by René Laloux, Picha, and Paul Grimault. Astérix chez les…
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 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…
