Tag Archives: Ralph Bakshi
LOTR: Bakshi VS Jackson
1978 was an amazing year for films — especially horror movies. I’m stoked about posting a whole plethora of monstrous missives in October’s lead-up to Halloween. But tonight I’m in the mood for fantasy and I wanted to share this kick ass mash-up I recently added to my YouTube channel. While you’re likely at least [...]
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Tagged 1978, animated film, cartoon, fantasy, horror, Lord of the Rings, LOTR, Nazgul, Peter Jackson, Ralph Bakshi, Tolkien
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The Animated Tom Waits
Pioneering animated filmmaker Ralph Bakshi had already produced landmark films like Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic and The Lord of the Rings when he approached John Lamb at Lyon Lamb Animation Systems about building a rotoscope set-up that worked with video instead of film. Rotoscoping involves drawing and painting over images projected from live footage [...]
Posted in Art, Cinema, Music
Tagged 35mm film, American Pop, analog, draw, fedora, Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic, John Lamb, paint, Ralph Bakshi, Rotoscoping, The Lord of the Rings, Tom Waits, video
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