Krtek the Multi-talented Mole tries different occupations in near-abstract / experimental shorts
Zdenek Miler, “The Mole as a Chemist / The Mole as Painter / The Mole
Month: August 2012
Russia’s new sorrow in “Krokodil: Siberia’s Tears” – possible cheap exploitation and political grandstanding by VICE
Alison Severs / Vice, “Krokodil: Siberia’s Tears” (2011) I stumbled across short video clips made
Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb: black satire on fetishisation of war and technology
Stanley Kubrick, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb”
Why are Thin People Not Fat: interesting experiment that says very little about how people can or should lose weight
Emma Sutton, “Why are Thin People Not Fat” (2008) This BBC Horizon documentary revolves around
The Mole and the Robot / The Mole and the Rocket / The Mole as a Gardener: lessons in co-operation for little people
Zdenek Miler, “The Mole and the Robot”(1995) / “The Mole and the Rocket” (1966) /
The Mole in a Dream: children’s animation short verges on surreal and sci-fi / apocalyptic
Zdenek Miler, “The Mole in a Dream / Krtek ve Snu” (1985) Another film episode
How the Mole got his Pants: charming little short on making flax that set off a phenomenon
Zdenek Miler, “How the Mole got his Pants / Jak krtek ke kalhotkám prišel” (1957) As
Krtek a Hodiny: amusing children’s animated film hides a moral about industrialisation’s effects on humans
Zdenek Miler, “Krtek a Hodiny” (1995) Found this 28-minute cartoon on Youtube while looking for
9/11 Intercepted: dry and technical presentation of what may have actually occurred in the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks
Rob Balsamo, “9/11 Intercepted” (2011) Over a decade has passed since the World Trade Center
Sed uz sliekšna pasacina: a very pretty and surreal animated film from Latvia
Mirdza Zivere, “Sed uz sliekšna pasacina” (1987) Made for Latvian-language television in the Soviet Union