tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post2673801877901254953..comments2023-12-31T01:23:39.943-05:00Comments on Mayerson on Animation: 100 Animated Feature FilmsMark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-48700046618894488492011-05-06T13:00:06.142-04:002011-05-06T13:00:06.142-04:00I have recently received this book via Amazon and ...I have recently received this book via Amazon and I was really looking forward to Osmond's insight.<br />I was totally taken aback by some of the choices in the book, "Avatar" ... really! <br />But I like the idea that it is not the "best" list, it is just a list, and I found the information and writing style interesting.<br />I also want to point out my biggest problem with the book is that the stills/reproductions are for the most part awful. Only a small fraction of the pictures are of good quality, which reminds me of books on animation in the past like "Masters of Animation" by John Grant. Art books need to have quality reproductions in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-66367831240078846092011-04-30T17:15:28.667-04:002011-04-30T17:15:28.667-04:00Wow, thanks a lot to both of you! This was more th...Wow, thanks a lot to both of you! This was more than I expected, looking forward to reading those books.Oswald Itenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560644491496569393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-3563965523811104792011-04-30T12:18:55.941-04:002011-04-30T12:18:55.941-04:00Re Oswald's question, there's some very go...Re Oswald's question, there's some very good material on Chinese animation in the book 'Animation in Asia and the Pacific,' edited by John Lent. Also, there are pieces on Chinese animation in 'Schoolgirl Milky Crisis' (don't worry, it's a tongue-in=cheek title) by Jonathan Clements; and also in at least one issue of the journal Asian Cinema - vol 14, no.1, spring/summer 2003. You could ask about the latter at the journal's website: http://astro.temple.edu/~jlent/asiancinema/index.html<br /><br />There's also material in the book 'Animation Art,' edited by Jerry Beck, and in 'Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation' by Giannalberto Bendazzi.andrew osmondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-83622118397853268132011-04-29T21:20:32.628-04:002011-04-29T21:20:32.628-04:00Hi Oswald. The only two features from China are N...Hi Oswald. The only two features from China are Nezha Conquers the Dragon King (1979) and My Life as McDull (2001), the latter from Hong Kong.Mark Mayersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-65579872968662324092011-04-29T16:54:47.972-04:002011-04-29T16:54:47.972-04:00Does Osmond by any chance mention any Chinese anim...Does Osmond by any chance mention any Chinese animated features? I'm currently researching Shanghai films like "Havoc in Heaven" and can't really find valuable background information in English.Oswald Itenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560644491496569393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-78081521757897628452011-04-27T14:56:30.157-04:002011-04-27T14:56:30.157-04:00HAHA!! I thought the exact same thing when I saw t...HAHA!! I thought the exact same thing when I saw the title! Who wants a book on '50 Boats' or '1,000 Toothpicks'? If it's not the best, ugliest, most world-weary, who cares? Good review, by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com