“Mark Twain’s adventures” (1985) from Will Venton is the only movie that is fully made in “ClayMation” patented Venton and is still a unique moving movie.
Venton was already winning an Academy Award for his short films. The “Monday” was a Vinton penetration in 1974, and it is an amazing 8 -minute that led to the first Oscar ever for a wheelchair to stop.
By the eighties of the last century, Venton was building a reputation as an alternative official fee in the era of Disney and Carikatter on Saturday morning. This film, his only feature film, was a decree of a year ago aimed at revolutionizing the brilliance of the movement to the main current.
While the film ended with a box office and the huge commercial achievement in Venton (more at a moment), Mark Twain’s adventures remain a little discovery but amazing for unconventional animation lovers.
It starts with the title card, and reminds us of the arrival of Haley, who was once a common topic in the early eighties (The comet returns in 2061). The wonders start immediately, as the movie is only two minutes old, and we get a picture of opening a book and the pages flowing into liquid visions that represent the vast Tuen imagination.
Once we settles in science fiction decorations and individual fusion of semi -Stambank and Tuan tales, the possibilities and possibilities of Venton technology are in full horizon. While all characters are similar to huge movement characters, facial expressions are amazing.
Vinton presents a love poem for both Twain and its works, albeit in a science fiction show. Twin was photographed as the author and captain of the huge balloon. Both Huckleberry Finn, Becky Teater and Tom Sawyer sneak on board, as the balloon climbs to the universe.
Twain hopes to immerse himself with the sin and kill time by telling the trio of some of his best stories (none of them is Tom, Hack or Becky, but he imagines some of the most famous short stories in Twin).
As a conceptual imagination aimed at presenting the masses of Twain’s intelligence and storytelling, the concept is fun. I can imagine similar movies with this grandmother. What about the haunted Stephen King’s locomotive or Michael Krishton Island?
Vinton Landmark works for each of Twain fans or anyone who wants to be fascinated by animation at a time when fodder dominated this field. Exceptions? Without the pollution of 1982, “The Secret of Nimah” and directed by Ralph Bakshi).
This is the animation before Bartman, which plays in theaters in the same year that Disney produced the famous tired flipping, “The Black Cauldron”. Vinton was among the least prevailing creators (such as Adam Elliott from “snail notes” and Bill Plampton from the “melody”Those who avoided safe works and cookies and animation creatures that were personal, risk and different in a challenge.
As a celebration of all things Twain, it should be noted that there is no gym, nor anything else here raises controversy (the absence of a gym is understandable, although Twain may see this as a lost opportunity).
In addition to the repeated Twain quotes (such as “I became a writer … I have never worked for a day”), short articles that separate the story are funny and strange. The “Adam and EVE” sequence (designed by Vinton first, in order to create a concept of the film around him) is amazing, especially in the depiction of God that creates the earth and provide comments.
(“This is beautiful … this is cute …”)
Although the sequence of Adam and Eve lasts long and enhances mockery and dated, the technology is still amazing. The entire film is like this – even if the parts of the main story differ in maintaining attention, the Vinton magician in presenting the shows and expressions of clay is always captivating.
Many poetic images, such as Adam sees Eve’s reflection in a pond. There are some exciting linguistic transformations, such as depression bit, where Twain was monitored playing a member of tubes while the tormented faces provide formal accompanying.
There is also the mysterious “mysterious” “strange” sequence, a prelude to the work of the characters that still urge the vessels, presented “return to the wonderful OZ” (also in 1985).
There are amazing deep moments that can be found, such as Twain Ranting in a huge room containing chimneys of his works. “The Adventures of Mark Twain” is sometimes and Jarring. However, even when the story loses the momentum, the animation is always amazed, and prevents Vinton from the coup.
It was released by Funhouse Pictures but hardly a mark at the release (I remember the trailer but I could not find the movie that is played anywhere during his original career), the greatest success of Vinton came.
While “The Adventures of Mark Twain” was ultimately discovered by the frequent Airings on Disney channel, Vinton’s television ads for “The California Raisins”, and a contribution to Michael Jackson “Deper Demon” (1989) and three seasons of Eddie Murphy- LED “The PJ’s” (1999-2001) is his most famous achievement.
“The Adventures of Mark Twain” shows that the potential Vinton he knew has always been in his commercial clay, as he formed strange and wonderful visions that provide dazzling or vibrant life reflections (or nightmare), and is forged in clay.
