Comments on: Prince Achmed BYO Remix

By: Britta

Britta — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:08:03 +0000

Yeah, the modern take doesn’t have the constraints that Reiniger made such good use of.

(I snuck my own essay about Prince Achmed into those Metafilter comments, if you scroll down to “trying to look a little closer at the film as a good example of Western Orientalism…”)

I also have a 700 mb copy of the movie (with subtitles), in case anybody wants it! I don’t know the best way to transfer such a file, but we can figure something out.

By: Saheli

Saheli — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:38:35 +0000

Finally got somewhere I could turn the sound on, but this still exceeded a day’s worth of expectations. So lovely.

By: Matt Thompson

Matt Thompson — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:32:27 +0000

This is an exemplar of the genre. Loved it.

By: robertogreco

robertogreco — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:34:34 +0000

Not animated, but also modern: art by Kara Walker. See an Art:21 interview with her and this moving projection.

By: jeroen

jeroen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:47:25 +0000

Thanks, tried it, that was fun.

By: Robin Sloan

Robin Sloan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:31:11 +0000

Hmm. This modern take on the aesthetic is interesting. I like it—there are some really nice moments—but it's missing something that Reiniger's animation has. Something about the weirdness of the figures, maybe? I think it's too easy to do swooping (simulated) camera motion now—what works about Prince Achmed is that the camera is locked down, so it's more like a little stage play.

By: Robin Sloan

Robin Sloan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:11:52 +0000

Oh my god. Dangerous link. I think I just opened six tabs.

By: Britta

Britta — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:07:43 +0000

Pretty! A really nice Metafilter post about Price Achmed from a couple weeks ago: Early Animated Films, Lost and Found.