Animation Geek Quickhits

[arionhunter]

- I have a secret, not-often-indulged love of indie animation, that quirky, creative cousin of the corporate work most people are familiar with. So I must say, Johnathan Nix's The Missing Key has me terribly excited. The retro-Old World Venetian look never fails to induce wonder while still managing to be engrossing, and the art style similarities to Les Triplettes de Belleville don't hurt. Twitchfilm has both trailers.

- A fun little bit of list film history, Ladislaw Starewicz's Cameraman's Revenge. It's a window into early stop motion animation, done with what are presumably preserved insects who have preserved insect sex.