Gothamist: A Few Of The Oscar Shorties (And We Don't Mean Starlets)

juepucta

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:14:06 -0500

Ryan. Because it is not only innovative but trascends the medium and is really moving. G.

Courtney

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:21:41 -0500

Over at Boing Boing they have a link to Canada's National Film Board where you can watch Ryan in its entirety and see a clip from Hardwood, also nominated for an Oscar. http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/25/05_oscars_and_animat.html

zander106

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:47:06 -0500

I also went to the screening at Academy Theatre last weekend. All the animated ones were pretty good. I actually found Gopher Broke to be the least interesting of the animated shorts. It was certainly funny in "look at these silly animals" kind of way, but I don't think it was as creative as Ryan or as funny as Guard Dog. I hope Guard Dog wins because Bill Plimpton SHOULD get an Oscar. I think Gopher Broke WILL win because it connects most closely with people's preconceived notions of what cartoons are "supposed" to be (animals being funny). It's computer graphics too, which are the hot thing, so that helps it as well. For live action, I agree that 7:35 In The Morning was AWESOME, and while I really really hope it wins, I think it might be a little too quirky or not serious enough. I have a feeling that Wasp or Little Terrorist will win instead. Unlike with the animated category, I only thought one of the live action shorts was really exceptional, whereas the others were nothing really special.

murph

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:40:39 -0500

what about the "Bouncin" short that was shown before "The Incredibles"? that was cool. would have liked to seen that nominated.

-a-

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:35:58 -0500

No. It's about a gopher who schemes to snare free fruit falling from trucks headed to a farmer's market, and gets more than he bargains for... Though I haven't seen the Incredibles so I'm not sure... But the short is produced by Blur Studios, a small independent, and I don't think they have major studio distribution.

C. elegans

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:28:12 -0500

Is Gopher Broke the short shown before The Incredibles? The one about "bounding and bounding," with the sheep who gets sheared, but learns to accept it.

-a-

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:58:26 -0500

For those of you without high-speed connections, Gopher Broke is going to be shown on CBS News Sunday Morning this coming Oscar Sunday (9am-10:30 EST). Check it out. It really is hillarious. I think its going to be on sometime in the first half-hour of the show.

Eli

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:20:10 -0500

A little hypertext problem in there right now... try going to http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/02/25/shorts/ ...to see it.

Justin

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:30:19 -0500

I was fortunate enough to attend a screening of all the short, both animated and film, in NYC at the Lighthouse midtown. They were all very very very good. Gopher Broke was easily the drop-dead funniest thing I've seen in a long time, but I'm not sure of the Acedemy will recognize it as it's purely comedic... but artistically it was fantastic! The Little Terrorist was good - cute little story, but nothing that we haven't seen before (theme-wise). 7:35 In The Morning was ABSOLUTELY fantastic. Simple premise, brilliant execution, totally off-the-wall. If there's any way you can see ALL these shorts, DEFINITELY do it - this is film at it's finest.