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jiraffejustin 05-08-21 01:38 AM

jiraffejustin's Top 50 Short Films of All-Time
 
50. The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...60815872_n.png

Kenneth Anger / 1954

Anger is a truly unique figure in the history of cinema. He quite possibly invented the music video, though no music video was ever quite as daring as his films. He created bizarre and intriguing imagery, he took risks with his films both artistic and literally as he may have been the first person to release a film with dudes doing gay sh*t in it.

49. Unofficial Reality

https://i.imgur.com/1NSX7Oc.png

Vince Collins / 2005

I put two Vince Collins films on this list, but they couldn't have a bigger gap in art style difference. This one is one of Vince Collins' late career "f*ck around with some sh*tty computer animation" phase films, I guess early-late career phase as he is stilling doing this stupid stuff.

48. Red Hot Riding Hood
https://s3.amazonaws.com/intanibase/...43/3422/20.jpg

Tex Avery / 1943

This mf wolf finna get cancelled.

47. The Band Concert

https://d23.com/app/uploads/2020/02/...nd-concert.jpg

Wilfred Jackson / 1935

I used to think Mickey Mouse sucked cause he was overexposed and got the crappy modernized treatments over and over again, but back in the day, Mickey was actually in good cartoons.

46. what's Opera, Doc?

https://img.apmcdn.org/baf79fe0625ba...-opera-doc.jpg

Chuck Jones / 1957

I just really love golden age cartoons. So much creativity. There's a level of care and effort put into entertainment geared towards children that eroded as art died and algorithms took over.


ueno_station54 05-08-21 01:47 AM

Re: jiraffejustin's Top 50 Short Films of All-Time
 
YES!! I'm so stoked for the rest of this!

ScannerDarkly 05-08-21 02:03 AM

Re: jiraffejustin's Top 50 Short Films of All-Time
 
this is going to be cool

jiraffejustin 05-08-21 03:21 AM

45. Darkness, Light, Darkness

https://lalunademelies.files.wordpre...1/lldm-dld.png

Jan Svankmajer / 1989

Svankmajer was a master and this was his tribute to the male body.

44. One Froggy Evening

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/24/d8...8005e793ed.jpg

Chuck Jones / 1955

Hello my baby hello my honey hello my ragtime gal

43. The Man Who Planted Trees

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...g?format=1000w

Frederic Back / 1987

Animation as serious art, gorgeous, emotional, and flowing like a river

42. Porky in Wackyland

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lYnv6UIUHI...t+19.38.48.png

Bob Clampett / 1938

Animation as absurdist art, goofy, silly, and as wacky as the title suggests


41. Window Water Baby Moving

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...e=image%2Fjpeg

Stan Brakhage / 1959

Brakhage was a master and this was his tribute to the female body.


gbgoodies 05-09-21 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin (Post 2202251)
46. What's Opera, Doc?

https://img.apmcdn.org/baf79fe0625ba...-opera-doc.jpg

Chuck Jones / 1957

I just really love golden age cartoons. So much creativity. There's a level of care and effort put into entertainment geared towards children that eroded as art died and algorithms took over.

I love What's Opera, Doc?. It's one of the best Looney Tunes cartoons ever made. :up:

gbgoodies 05-09-21 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin (Post 2202260)
44. One Froggy Evening

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/24/d8...8005e793ed.jpg

Chuck Jones / 1955

Hello my baby hello my honey hello my ragtime gal

42. Porky in Wackyland

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lYnv6UIUHI...t+19.38.48.png

Bob Clampett / 1938

Animation as absurdist art, goofy, silly, and as wacky as the title suggests


Porky in Wackyland is good, but One Froggy Evening is great. It's another top Looney Tunes cartoon. :up:

jiraffejustin 05-09-21 02:28 AM

40. The Immigrant

https://centuryfilmproject.files.wor...immigrant5.jpg

Charlie Chaplin / 1917

My favorite Chaplin short of the ones I've seen. Consider this representing Charlie Chaplin shorts in general.

39. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

https://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploa...ck-Dodgers.jpg

Chuck Jones / 1953

Some of my favorite Looney Tune gags mixed with some social commentary on the arms race.

38. Stigma

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--qRZPNWqB...00/stigma5.jpg

Lawrence Gordon Clark / 1977

I need to see more Lawrence Gordon Clark shorts. I've seen two (I think) and I think both are great, but Stigma stuck with me more as it was nastier than The Signalman. If I decide to do honorable mentions, I'll include The Signalman.

37. Asparagus

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...aragusdown.jpg

Suzan Pitt / 1979

Glorious animation. Something about female sexuality or something.

36. Duck Amuck

https://offscreen.com/images/made/im..._420_90_c1.jpg

Chuck Jones / 1953

The high point of the Bugs vs. Daffy rivalry. An all-time classic.


jiraffejustin 05-10-21 12:05 AM

35. Street of Crocodiles

https://entertainment.time.com/wp-co...les3.jpg?w=600

Stephen and Timothy Quay / 1986

Creepy stop-motion spookies.

34. Scorpio Rising

https://facets.org/blog/wp-content/u...pio-Rising.jpg

Kenneth Anger / 1963

Anger chose great music

33. The Grandmother

https://shots.filmschoolrejects.com/...er-768x576.png

David Lynch / 1970

The inspiration for the new Minecraft update where you can plant and grow grandmothers

32. It's Such a Beautiful Day

https://assets.mubicdn.net/images/no...png?1349324305

Don Hertzfeldt / 2011

Expect more Hertzfeldt. The Bill trilogy is one of my all-time favorite trilogies.

31. Swing You Sinners!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pamrzcAUtO...imehascome.jpg

Dave Fleischer / 1930

spookier scarier skeletoner


jiraffejustin 05-10-21 01:30 AM

30. The Terrys

https://static3.srcdn.com/wordpress/...&h=500&dpr=1.5

Tim & Eric / 2011

F*ck you

29. Piper

https://cinefilesreviews.files.wordp...ated-short.jpg

Alan Barillaro / 2016

totes adorbs. The culmination of Pixar.

28. The Mad Doctor

https://i0.wp.com/popcultureretroram...g?w=1200&ssl=1

David Hand / 1933

Disney getting terrifying.

27. The Hand

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pr...pR62v4u7Ll_CSw

Jiri Trnka / 1965

A movie about how communist governments suck

26. The Wrong Trousers

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-gd4...4233.303.0.png

Nick Park / 1993

representing the Wallace and Gromit series.


gbgoodies 05-10-21 02:50 AM

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin (Post 2202453)
39. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

https://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploa...ck-Dodgers.jpg

Chuck Jones / 1953

Some of my favorite Looney Tune gags mixed with some social commentary on the arms race.

36. Duck Amuck

https://offscreen.com/images/made/im..._420_90_c1.jpg

Chuck Jones / 1953

The high point of the Bugs vs. Daffy rivalry. An all-time classic.


Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century and Duck Amuck are my two favorite Looney Tunes cartoons. IMO, they should be much higher on the list.

jiraffejustin 05-11-21 07:37 PM

25. Babes in the Woods

https://animationreview.files.wordpr...alt-disney.jpg

Burt Gillett / 1932


24. Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/uplo...g?k=97da1cf01e

Louis Lumière / 1895


23. The Cat Concerto

https://s3.amazonaws.com/intanibase/...47/3467/16.jpg

Hanna-Barbera / 1947


22. World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

https://static.rogerebert.com/upload.../wot3-pink.jpg

Don Hertzfeldt / 2020


21. The Old Man and the Sea

https://www.tonicdna.com/wp-content/...padon1LG-1.jpg

Aleksandr Petrov / 1999

SpelingError 05-11-21 08:09 PM

Here are my favorite short films:

9 Variations on a Dance Theme (1966)
Apaches (1977)
The House is Black (1963)
Land Without Bread (1933)
La Jetee (1962)
Lessons of Darkness (1992)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Night and Fog (1956)
The Red Balloon (1956)
Un Chien Andalou (1929)

Overall, great list so far!

jiraffejustin 05-11-21 08:55 PM

Re: jiraffejustin's Top 50 Short Films of All-Time
 
My list is animation heavy, but the top 20 is 12 live action and 8 animated if I counted correctly.

jiraffejustin 05-12-21 01:40 AM

20. Lucifer Rising

https://i2.wp.com/wearecult.rocks/wp...eard.jpg?w=640

Kenneth Anger / 1972


19. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/41/f8...35de66a04f.gif

Aleksandr Petrov / 1992


18. The Big Shave

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zs56E432rH...0809220944.jpg

Martin Scorsese / 1967

17. Michael Jackson's Thriller

https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/.../CP8414694.jpg

John Landis / 1983


16. OPAL

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-conte...r-1280x600.jpg

Jack Stauber / 2020

jiraffejustin 05-12-21 02:01 AM

15. The Heart of the World

https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/wp...d-original.jpg

Guy Maddin / 2000


14. La Jetée

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/wp-co...er-750x400.jpg

Chris Marker / 1962


13. The House Is Black

https://offscreen.com/images/made/im...600_455_90.jpg

Forugh Farrokhzad / 1963

12. Un Chien Andalou

https://silentlondon.files.wordpress...alou.jpg?w=640

Luis Buñuel / 1929


11. Everything Will Be OK

https://assets.mubicdn.net/images/no...png?1349324420

Don Hertzfeldt / 2006

Mr Minio 05-12-21 03:30 AM

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin (Post 2202453)
So this is what they call food porn.

jiraffejustin 05-14-21 02:02 PM

10. World of Tomorrow

https://static.rogerebert.com/upload...orrow-2015.jpg

Don Hertzfeldt / 2015


9. Malice in Wonderland

http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/an...dc17eaa513.jpg

Vince Collins / 1982

8. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

https://images.mubicdn.net/images/fi...mage-w1280.jpg

Bob Clampett / 1946

7. Neighbors

https://64.media.tumblr.com/1a61c2f7...uwho1_500.gifv

Buster Keaton & Edward Cline / 1920

6. Tale of Tales

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/14/43...1e9aeae648.gif

Yuri Norstein / 1979

jiraffejustin 05-14-21 02:21 PM

5. I Am So Proud of You

https://64.media.tumblr.com/d7c989cf...hspo1_1280.png

Don Hertzfeldt / 2008

4. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

https://static.shortoftheweek.com/wp...nter-Story.jpg

Todd Haynes / 1988

3. The Act of Seeing With One's Own Eyes

https://v2.nl/archive/works/the-act-...eadImage_large

Stan Brakhage / 1972

not very many images from this film seem appropriate to post here

2. Sallie Gardner at a Gallop

https://i.imgur.com/DIbgehF.gif?noredirect

Eadward Muybridge / 1878

1. Night and Fog

https://www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at/fil...722db53205.jpg

Alain Resnais / 1956

ScarletLion 05-14-21 02:28 PM

Re: jiraffejustin's Top 50 Short Films of All-Time
 
Congratulations on a most excellent list. Lots of stuff for me to catch up on.

jiraffejustin 05-14-21 02:53 PM

Re: jiraffejustin's Top 50 Short Films of All-Time
 
Thanks! :up:


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