The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

2011
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15 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,8/10

5882

IHRE BEWERTUNG

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011)

Adventure Animation Drama Family Short

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuMorris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.Morris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.Morris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.

Regie
- William Joyce
- Brandon Oldenburg
Drehbuch
- William Joyce

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,8/10

5882

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- William Joyce
- Brandon Oldenburg
Drehbuch
- William Joyce

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

1 Oscar gewonnen
- 7 Gewinne & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Wissenswertes
The film includes a mix of various animation and live action techniques, 3D computer characters, miniature sets and traditional 2D hand drawn animation. The miniature sets filled an entire motion picture sound stage. Production achieved a staggering number of camera set-ups in a very limited time-frame, doing 375 set-ups in just 5 days. The directors had the animation team relentlessly watch a number of classic Buster Keaton films as inspiration for the Morris Lessmore Character.

Verbindungen
Edited into The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation (2012)

Benutzerrezensionen19

Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

And ode to books

This is a beautiful film about the power of the written word, with no words being uttered in the film. The animation is excellent, and most of the music score is the perfect accompaniment.

The central theme in the short is the magic of books. Books bring magic worlds to life. Books accompany you through life and influence your life and your writing. Books can be your best companions in life. Books cheer you up, feed your soul, and bright your life especially when everything around your world is gray.

There are a few cinematic elements in the film. The main character is a mix of a young Buster Keaton and Chaplin; the end of the introductory part is definitely Dorothy being transported to the world of the Wizard of Oz; and one of the main books shows a classic character of Alice in Wonderland. Those winks are to adults, because small children will probably not get them.

This is quite a long short animated film, and I thought it was unnecessarily so. The first part about the cyclone was irrelevant and didn't add much to the message or the story so, personally, I would have chopped it off and replaced it with a simpler more cohesive introduction to what follows.