Need to find this animation.

June 15, 2009 8:50 AM

I saw a really great (seemingly circa 1970's?) stop-motion animation recently, and I really want to find out what it was...

It had a folded-paper bird and a sun-dress that was caught in the wind. The bird and the dress flew around together over a bunch of backgrounds that were very washy... like they were painted with watercolor.

Bird and dress fell in 'love' or at least a deep friendship, then there was this smoke monster sort of thing that was composed of a bunch of shapes cut from dark paper or cloth. Dress defended the bird from the smoke, then bird saved dress from being overcome.

The whole thing was silent, save for a fairly calm and classical musical score.

Any ideas, HiveMind™?

posted by kaseijin to media & arts (6 comments total)

Where did you see this?
posted by iconomy at 9:13 AM on June 15

It was in front of 'The Brothers Bloom' at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin. I sent them an email as well, but have not heard back. Hoping somebody at AskMe knows something about it.
posted by kaseijin at 9:15 AM on June 15

This sounds so familiar to me. Brothers Quay, maybe?
posted by trip and a half at 10:31 AM on June 15

Feature-length? Twice Upon a Time (1983)? Doesn't really sound like that film, but TUAT is really good and you might not have heard of it.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 10:49 AM on June 15

Oh, shoot -- silent with a classical score. Well, definitely not TUAT. Sorry...
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 10:50 AM on June 15

I haven't seen the film, but I suggest asking at the StopMotionAnimation.com forum if you're willing to register.

I got into stop motion in a *huge* way a few years ago, and that forum is utterly amazing. Many industry greats (as well as amateur fans) post there, so you might even stumble on the actual creator of your firm if you're lucky :)
posted by Bard09 at 10:50 PM on June 19