For Chris and Sylvie's continued exploration of the National Film Board archives, we decided to commemorate the 95th Academy Awards with a double-stuffed Oscar special! Three nominated or winning films from the NFB's extensive archives and the currently nominated short film The Flying Sailor. From a darkly comic midlife crisis, to an psychedelic appreciation of the abstract beauty of a walk cycle, to a breakneck series of bits on world history, and finally a glorious meditation on the fragile beauty of life in the wake of a national tragedy. We know the Oscars have never cared about animation as a medium, but that doesn't mean we don't!
Films covered are:
Bob's Birthday (1993). Directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine.
https://www.nfb.ca/film/bobs_birthday/
Walking (1968). Directed by Ryan Larkin.
https://www.nfb.ca/film/walking/
History of the World in Three Minutes Flat (1980). Directed by Michael Mills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQWq1vcqGEQ&t=14s&ab_channel=ThumbnailSpots
The Flying Sailor (2022). Directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis.
https://www.nfb.ca/film/flying-sailor-the/
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