He thought a good meal was one he could shape into a smiley face

December 15, 2023 1:36 PM

Here is Uncle (6 minutes), a stop-motion short from 1996 by Adam Elliot. Elliot makes "clayographies," bittersweet and quietly funny stories about lives. Uncle had two direct successors, Cousin (1998, 4m) and Brother (1999, 8m). Here is an interview with Elliot about Uncle. Later on he made Harvie Krumpet (2003, 22m), Mary and Max (2009, clips + trailer: 11m; full movie [buy or rent] 1h32m), and Ernie Biscuit (2015, 20m). These are mostly all viewable, in much sharper detail, on Elliot's website, but they're harder to directly link to.
posted by JHarris (6 comments total)

I'm not having kids, and I'm an uncle. I hope I never get an animation made out of me.
posted by grumpybear69 at 3:11 PM on December 15, 2023

I don't know, I think there are worse fates them being memorialized in claymation.
posted by JHarris at 3:28 PM on December 15, 2023 [1 favorite]

Whoa
posted by Uncle at 3:54 PM on December 15, 2023

(no relation)
posted by Uncle at 3:54 PM on December 15, 2023 [6 favorites]

Oh that was so sweet. Thank you.
posted by travertina at 9:06 PM on December 15, 2023 [1 favorite]

Impressive on several levels.

Needs a Claymation tag
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 9:55 PM on December 15, 2023 [1 favorite]