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Village Of Idiots
''Village of Idiots'' is a short animated comedy based on the classic humorous Jewish Folklore, folk tales of Jewish humour#Chelm, Chełm, directed and animated by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove, written by John Lazarus (playwright), John Lazarus, and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Fedorenko is the Academy Award-winning animator of the 1979 NFB short ''Every Child (film), Every Child''. In 1999, it was one of four films in the 1st Annual Animation Show of Shows. Summary “Outsiders call Chełm the village of idiots," Shmendrick explains, "but our rabbi said we were a city of natural geniuses, with our own way of figuring things out.” With muted, mesmerizing illustrations and heavy accordion-based music, the film follows Shmendrick as he sets out on a journey away from home for the first time. But along his journey from Chełm to Warsaw, He decides to have a rest. He then eats some food that he brought with him and then has a sleep. Afterwards, Shmendr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Spotton
John Spotton Canadian Society of Cinematographers, C.S.C. (January 1, 1927 - March 3, 1991) was a Canadian filmmaker with the National Film Board of Canada. A versatile artist who worked as a director, producer, cinematographer and editor, Spotton was best known for his role in developing the Direct Cinema genre of documentary and in the application of those techniques in narrative fiction films, in particular ''Nobody Waved Good-bye'' (1964), in which he served as cinematographer and editor. An early member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC), Spotton briefly working as a cameraman for a private company, joined the NFB in 1949 and worked there for the rest of his life, with the exception of a three-film stint with Parker Film Associates, and a two-year period in the 1970s when he worked with Potterton Productions. He was executive director of the NFB's Ontario Centre from 1982 until 1988. Until it closed in 2002, The NFB's theatre in Toronto was named The John S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |