Comments on: Oscar's 2007 Best Animated Short Videos

Oscar's 2007 Best Animated Short Videos

JPowers — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:37:22 -0800

"Best Animated Short" is the Oscar category that (arguably) gets the least love. But why? They're often the most accessible, usually coming in at less than 10 minutes in length. Thus, for you consideration, here are direct links to three of the five 2007 nominees: "Maestro", "No Time For Nuts", and "The Danish Poet" (via).

By: rokusan

rokusan — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:56:21 -0800

What, no Idol? I shake my puny fist at Hollywood.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:15:16 -0800

This is great. Every year it's "Best animation shorts" but who ever sees them, where would you go besides film festivals?. I hope someone kindly posts them every year to MeFi, or suggest an RSS feed or email reminder or something automatic like that Low noise, high quality.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:19:57 -0800

These are the 2006 oscars, fyi. I vote for The Danish Poet!!

By: vodkadin

vodkadin — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:20:26 -0800

Great post. I agree we never get to see the animation shorts, and for that matter, even the film shorts.

By: wah

wah — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:33:28 -0800

"Maestro" = "The Secret Life of Cuckoos"

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:09:27 -0800

"The Danish Poet" is really very good. The book by Sigrid Undset is Kristin Lavransdatter (1920s).

By: jiawen

jiawen — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:15:39 -0800

"No Time For Nuts" is probably the funniest. The camerawork in "Maestro" is quite interesting. "The Danish Poet" would have to be my favorite, though. It's funny, well-animated and pretty meaningful. I'll have to try to see the other two, now.

By: Brittanie

Brittanie — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:24:56 -0800

It didn't win major awards, but my favorite animated short of all time is Korea's Doggy Poo.

By: ElmerFishpaw

ElmerFishpaw — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:38:57 -0800

Yeah, theres no real venue for animated shorts anymore. Very sad. Unless youre selling Sprite, youre not getting your animation shown before a feature length movie nowadays. "No Time for Nuts" is my favorite for sure. I think that "Little Match Girl" will win just 'cause the Oscars tend to overlook comedies for some reason. Not that "Little Match Girl" isnt deserving. Its freakin beautiful. You can see it on the re-released Little Mermaid DVD. Lifted was cool, just not great. Kinda disappointed by Pixar this year.

By: Ajit AP

Ajit AP — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:43:24 -0800

You didn't mention Little Match Girl which was also nominated. The video was taken down by Disney earlier today but is once again up. You can find it at the original site.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:05:26 -0800

Thanks, Ajit. Now I'm bawling!!! COL. Oh boy, I guess that means I have to change my vote.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:33:46 -0800

What about that Kiwi movie that made every freakin person in the room cry like a baby?

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:40:00 -0800

Sorry for the double post, but I think I've found a working "Little Match Girl" link...

By: epimorph

epimorph — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:05:20 -0800

Thanks! I thoroughly enjoyed all three. It's amazing how much whimsy you can get away with when you don't need millions of dollars to make your movie, and when the short time frame allows you to explore a simple idea, rather than forcing you to tell a more traditional story. "Maestro" and "No Time For Nuts" are cinema at its purest--the creators managed to tell a story without using any words. This is such a rarity in an age when most movies are just plays set to music, with perhaps a few explosions thrown in. It's also amusing that "No Time For Nuts" manages to use such cutesy images to present a pretty compelling version of hell, which is self-inflicted, no less.