Oh man, I first saw this on HBO along with the parody of Star wars called Hardware Wars Also a short where people were getting eaten by a roll of film called Recorded Live
This is one of the most beautiful all around animations ever made. I also was introduced to it in the early 80s and pirated a vhs copy of very poor quality . I was also deeply moved by the final image, an accordion gate across a cement wall at the top of the golden stair. Heartbreakingly beautiful!
A beautiful metaphor for death from a child's perspective. My brother Marty saw it in 1980 at the International Animation Tournee in Philadelphia. In 2001, the joy it presents surfaced from that one viewing decades before and was a delightful comfort to him as it died of brain cancer at age 45 .
I was always struck by the final image of the gate closing on the golden stair. After all the happy frolicking, suddenly the door shuts on it all. With the dream of Hollywood, and other ephemeral desires, we "climb the golden stairs," only to find we are locked out, or discover it is false.
Yes.....I was also struck and sobered by this lingering, deliberate image myself upon a recent viewing on Jerry Beck's "Cartoon Research" site. I suppose any other kind of "happy ending" would be a kind of "cheat" and not represent reality. At least for most of us..... 😔
@@ChristopherSobieniak Thank you for preserving an important part of U.S. animation history. That said, that British Halas-Bachelor 'Butterfly Ball' was beautifully psychedelically amazing!! Definitely a far cry from 'Animal Farm.'
This amazing animation was shown at the "Sinking Creek Film Festival" (now the Nashville Film Festival) in Nashville many years ago. I loved it so much I bought my own 16mm print for my collection. Just an amazing film in so many ways!
Here's another of Paul Vester's projects, a Bubblicious ad he animated, with a lot of the same 'ink spot' techniques th-cam.com/video/kl37Pez1ixM/w-d-xo.html
Thomas Nameplates before What's at the Top of a Sunbeam Duck Sir Handel Skarloey Bertie Percy Harold Terrance Bill & Ben Trevor Thomas Henry Duke Gordon Mavis Sir Topham Hat - Music Video coming soon
Oh man, I first saw this on HBO along with the parody of Star wars called Hardware Wars
Also a short where people were getting eaten by a roll of film called Recorded Live
I saw this in San Francisco in 1981 and have been looking for it for years, thanks.
This is one of the most beautiful all around animations ever made. I also was introduced to it in the early 80s and pirated a vhs copy of very poor quality . I was also deeply moved by the final image, an accordion gate across a cement wall at the top of the golden stair. Heartbreakingly beautiful!
A beautiful metaphor for death from a child's perspective. My brother Marty saw it in 1980 at the International Animation Tournee in Philadelphia. In 2001, the joy it presents surfaced from that one viewing decades before and was a delightful comfort to him as it died of brain cancer at age 45 .
_Wow!_ Phenomenal! ✨
I was always struck by the final image of the gate closing on the golden stair. After all the happy frolicking, suddenly the door shuts on it all.
With the dream of Hollywood, and other ephemeral desires, we "climb the golden stairs," only to find we are locked out, or discover it is false.
I see you get it!
Yes.....I was also struck and sobered by this lingering, deliberate image myself upon a recent viewing on Jerry Beck's "Cartoon Research" site. I suppose any other kind of "happy ending" would be a kind of "cheat" and not represent reality. At least for most of us..... 😔
@@ChristopherSobieniak Thank you for preserving an important part of U.S. animation history. That said, that British Halas-Bachelor 'Butterfly Ball' was beautifully psychedelically amazing!! Definitely a far cry from 'Animal Farm.'
@@celestepalm6949 The 70's and 80's was the peak of that.
This amazing animation was shown at the "Sinking Creek Film Festival" (now the Nashville Film Festival) in Nashville many years ago. I loved it so much I bought my own 16mm print for my collection. Just an amazing film in so many ways!
I wracked my brains googling this song and video. I haven't seen it since the old HBO days. Thank you for uploading it.
Yay! Finally a nice clean version for youtube! Now let's hope it doesn't get removed.
I love this. I saw it in an animation festival about 30 years ago,and it has stuck in my memory. Thanks!
Was that the old Animation Celebration festival from back in the 90's, I have it on one of those old tapes.
16th International Tournée of Animation
This was shown to me in my first animation class at Syracuse University. I already wanted to be an animator but this made me want to be one even more.
Here's another of Paul Vester's projects, a Bubblicious ad he animated, with a lot of the same 'ink spot' techniques th-cam.com/video/kl37Pez1ixM/w-d-xo.html
And, as many of you will know, he created the Geico Gecko.
QUITE impossible to be depressed while this is playing. Quite.
Lyrics?
Thomas Nameplates before What's at the Top of a Sunbeam
Duck
Sir Handel
Skarloey
Bertie
Percy
Harold
Terrance
Bill & Ben
Trevor
Thomas
Henry
Duke
Gordon
Mavis
Sir Topham Hat - Music Video coming soon
It's good but the animations are a cringe as Grand Studios!!