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Fehérlófia
''Son of the White Mare'' () is a 1981 Hungarian animated fantasy adventure film directed by Marcell Jankovics. The story's main character is Fehérlófia (Son of the White Mare), who has superhuman powers. It is based on the narrative poetry, under the same title, from László Arany and ancient Hunnic, Avaric and Hungarian legends, as a tribute to ancient steppe peoples. Plot Fanyüvő (Treeshaker) is born as the third son of a horse, and he gains his power by suckling the horse's milk. He listens to old tales, mostly about the Forefather and the end of his reign, caused by evil humanoid dragons freed by the three wives of the three sons of the Forefather. After the horse's death, Fanyüvő decides to search and destroy the dragons, who seized power over the world. He meets his two brothers, Kőmorzsoló (Stonecrumbler) and Vasgyúró (Ironrubber), who both possess powers in a similar fashion to Fanyűvő. In search of the Underworld's entrance (home of the humanoid dragons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fehérlófia (Hungarian Folk Tale)
Fehérlófia (lit. ''The Son of the White Horse'' or ''The Son of the White Mare'') is a Hungarian Folklore, folk tale published by in ''Eredeti Népmesék'' (1862). Its main character is a youth named ''Fehérlófia'', a "Hungarian folk hero". The tale is classified in the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index as tale type ATU 301, "The Three Stolen Princesses". However, the Hungarian National Catalogue of Folktales (MNK) classifies the tale as AaTh 301B. Summary It was, it was not, a white mare that nurses its own human child for fourteen years, until he is strong enough to uproot a tree. The mare dies and the boy departs to see the world. He wrestles with three other equally strong individuals: Fanyüvő, Kőmorzsoló and Vasgyúró. The four strike a friendship and move to a hut in the forest. They set an arrangement: one should stay in the hut and cook the food while the others hunt. One day, a little man or dwarf named Hétszűnyű Kapanyányimonyók. He invades the hut and bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcell Jankovics
Marcell Jankovics (21 October 1941 – 29 May 2021) was a Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He is best known for the animated films ''Johnny Corncob'' (1973; the first animated feature of his native country) and '' Son of the White Mare'' (1981; cited as one of the best animated films ever made). Life and career Jankovics was born on 21 October 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. From 1955 he attended the Pannonhalma Benedictine Secondary School. He started working at Pannónia in 1960. In 1973, he wrote and directed Hungary's first ever animated feature film, ''Johnny Corncob'', based on the 1845 narrative poem ''John the Valiant'' by Sándor Petőfi. His fourth feature film '' The Tragedy of Man'' was in production from 1988 until its release in 2011. He died on 29 May 2021. Accolades and legacy He received his Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short film ''Sisyphus.'' That film was used for a GMC Yukon Hybrid ad during the 2008 Super Bowl based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PannóniaFilm
Pannonia Film Studio (also known as MAFILM Pannónia Filmstúdió) was the largest animation studio in Hungary, based in the capital of Budapest. It was formed in 1951, becoming independent in 1957. The studio is said to have closed sometime around 2015. Notable people PannóniaFilm's roster of notable animators includes Attila Dargay, Marcell Jankovics, József Gémes, Ottó Foky, Ferenc Rofusz, Gábor Csupó, Sándor Reisenbüchler, István Orosz, Líviusz Gyulai, Dóra Keresztes, and Zsolt Richly. Films Animated short films *''A kiskakas gyémánt félkrajcárja'' ("The Cockerel's Diamond Coin") - Gyula Macskássy, 1951 *''Ceruza és radír'' ("Pencil and India Rubber") - Gyula Macskássy-György Várnai, 1960 *''A három nyúl'' ("The Three Rabbits") - Attila Dargay, 1972 *''Sisyphus'' - Marcell Jankovics, 1974 *''A légy'' (" The Fly") - Ferenc Rófusz, 1980 Animated series *'' Gusztáv'' ("Gustav" or "Gustavus") - Dargay-Nepp-Jankovics, 1964 *'' Mézga család'' ("The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffin
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (; Classical Latin: ''gryps'' or ''grypus''; Late and Medieval Latin: ''gryphes'', ''grypho'' etc.; Old French: ''griffon'') is a -4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ...: ''griffon'') is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and Hindlimb">back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle">lion.html" ;"title="Hindlimb">back legs of a lion">Hindlimb">back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle with its talons on the front legs. Overview Because the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle the king of the birds, by the Middle Ages, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Since classical antiquity, griffins were known for guarding treasures and priceless possessions. In Greek and Roman texts, griffins and Arimaspians were associated with gold deposits of Central Asia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasia International Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival, also known as Fantasia Fest or simply Fantasia, is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on fantasy, horror, sci-fi and cult genre films. Regularly held in July/August, by 2016 its annual audience had already surpassed 100,000 viewers. ''Fantasia'' has been often cited as the most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America, and as one of the top three in the world, alongside Sitges and Fantastic Fest. Its mission is to promote genre, anti-Hollywood cinema and assist independent filmmakers, having launched the careers of many modern auteurs throughout the years. Since 2012, the festival has also held the ''Frontières'' cinema market that allows promising projects to find potential producers and distributors. In 2016, the ''Frontières'' announced collaboration with the Marché du Film, led by the Cannes Film Festival. Overview ''Fantasia'' focuses on niche, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Chung
Peter Chung (born April 19, 1961) is an American animator and director. He is best known for his unique style of animation, as well as for being the creator and director of '' Æon Flux'' and for his character design for '' Reign: The Conqueror (Alexander Senki)''. Early life and career Peter Chung was born on April 19, 1961. Since his father was in the foreign service of the Republic of Korea, he has lived in Seoul, London, Nairobi, Washington, D.C., New York and Tunis. His parents then immigrated to the United States; he lived in McLean, Virginia. Chung studied animation at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) from 1979 to 1981, one year at the Character Animation program, and another year in the program in Experimental Animation. Chung started his animation career at a small animation studio in Maryland at the age of 18, working for animator and illustrator, Salvador Bru. From there, at age 19, he was designing characters for Hanna-Barbera. About this time he also sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeon Flux
The word aeon , also spelled eon (in American English, American and Australian English), originally meant "life", "vital force" or "being", "generation" or "a period of time", though it tended to be translated as "age" in the sense of "ages", "forever", "timeless" or "for eternity". It is a Latin transliteration from the ancient Greek word ('), from the archaic (') meaning "century". In Greek, it literally refers to the timespan of one hundred years. A cognate Latin word ' (cf. ) for "age" is present in words such as ''eternal'', ''longevity'' and ''mediaeval''. Although the term aeon may be used in reference to a period of a billion years (especially in geology, cosmology and astronomy), its more common usage is for any long, indefinite period. Aeon can also refer to the four aeons on the geologic time scale that make up the Earth's history, the Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and the current aeon, Phanerozoic. Astronomy and cosmology In astronomy, an aeon is defined as a bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emperor's New Groove
''The Emperor's New Groove'' is a 2000 American animated fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Mark Dindal and produced by Randy Fullmer, from a screenplay written by David Reynolds (screenwriter), David Reynolds, and based on a story conceived by Dindal and Chris Williams (director), Chris Williams. The voice cast features David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, and Wendie Malick. Inspired by ancient Peruvian culture and set in an Incan empire, ''The Emperor's New Groove'' follows selfish young Emperor Kuzco (voiced by Spade), who is accidentally transformed into a llama by his treacherous ex-advisor, Yzma (Kitt), and her dimwitted henchman List of The Emperor's New Groove characters#Kronk, Kronk (Warburton). For the emperor to change back into a human, he entrusts a village leader, Pacha (character), Pacha (Goodman), to escort him back to the palace before Yzma can track them do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Allers
Roger Allers (born June 29, 1949) is an American film director, screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist, and playwright. He is best known for co-directing Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney's ''The Lion King'' (1994), the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time, and for writing the Broadway adaptation The Lion King (musical), of the same name. He also directed Sony Pictures Animation's first feature-length animated film, ''Open Season (2006 film), Open Season'' (2006) and The Prophet (2014 film), the animated adaptation of ''The Prophet (book), The Prophet''. Life and career Early life Born in Rye (city), New York, Rye, New York, but raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Allers became a fan of animation, at the age of five, after seeing Disney's ''Peter Pan (1953 film), Peter Pan'' (1953). Deciding that he wanted to pursue a career in animation, and even work alongside Walt Disney himself, a few years later, he sent off to Disneyland for a do-it-yourself animation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tournee Of Animation
''Tournee'' is the eighth album and the second live album by the German jazz rock band Kraan. It was recorded in four venues between March and November 1979. Track listing # "Borgward" – 8:16 # "Almrausch" – 5:57 # "Peterchens Reise" – 7:01 # "Vollgas ahoi" – 7:56 # "Yaqui Yagua" – 7:54 # "Silky way" – 4:31 Personnel * Udo Dahmen - drums * Hellmut Hattler - bass * Peter Wolbrandt - guitar, vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ... * Ingo Bischof - keyboards {{DEFAULTSORT:Tournee Kraan albums 1980 live albums Harvest Records live albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Solomon (animation Historian)
Charles Solomon is an American animation historian, author, and film critic who wrote multiple books about Disney animation and other animated works. Education Solomon attended University of California Los Angeles for his bachelor's and master's degrees in European cultural history. Accolades ''Enchanted Drawings'', Solomon's 1989 book on the history of American animation, was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was also nominated for a National Book Critics’ Circle Award (a first for a film book). Film criticism Solomon has written about the subject for NPR, ''Variety'', ''Rolling Stone'' and ''The New York Times.'' Solomon, writing for the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1986, listed his picks for the best animated films of the 1980s: *'' Crac'' (Frederic Back, 1981) *''Son of the White Mare'' ( Marcell Jankovics, 1981) *'' The Adventures of Mark Twain'' (Will Vinton, 1985) *'' Anna & Bella'' ( Borge Ring, 1985) *'' The Big Snit'' (Richard Condie, 1985) *''The Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weighted Average
The weighted arithmetic mean is similar to an ordinary arithmetic mean (the most common type of average), except that instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others. The notion of weighted mean plays a role in descriptive statistics and also occurs in a more general form in several other areas of mathematics. If all the weights are equal, then the weighted mean is the same as the arithmetic mean. While weighted means generally behave in a similar fashion to arithmetic means, they do have a few counterintuitive properties, as captured for instance in Simpson's paradox. Examples Basic example Given two school with 20 students, one with 30 test grades in each class as follows: :Morning class = :Afternoon class = The mean for the morning class is 80 and the mean of the afternoon class is 90. The unweighted mean of the two means is 85. However, this does not account for the difference in number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
