After a moment, the closing credits scroll over the image of godzillas foot on top of a squished bambi. As selected by 1,000 animation professionals, and is the. Less than two minutes long, the film is a classic of animation. Coda shetterly created this faithful remake of marv newlands humorous 1969 animated short bambi meets godzilla. Giant monster, animation, black comedy, absurdist comedy.
A bambi meets godzilla live action remake indiewire. There is a lot of film jitter in the first few minutes, and a few of the sequences seem washed out or overexposed, making it difficult to see much, as with newlands famous bambi meets godzilla. My frameforframe recreation of marv newland s 1969 short film bambi meets godzilla, with newly restored picture and sound. It played before godzilla 1985 during its theatrical run and on home video. Bambi meets godzilla 1969 directed by marv newland. Do you love bambi meets godzilla, or do you think it is the worst cartoon ever. The academy film archive preserved bambi meets godzilla in 2009 original. Bambi meets godzilla is a 1969 90second cartoon made by marv newland. Only two minutes long, the cartoon was made in 1969 by marv newland. Bambi meets godzilla is a twominute short cartoon created by marv newland in 1969. Marvs black hula is being featuring at the vancouver art gallery as vancouvers lone artist represented in the krazy show. Not until the end will we learn what shall result of their meeting. Frogadoodle part 4 bambi meets the farm animals the quest begins. Industry vet marv newland curates evening of animation at viff.
What the gif and those part 24 clips above miss is the credits. Bambi meets godzilla simple english wikipedia, the free. In the tradition of marv newlands bambi meets godzilla, there is far too much rom space spent on credits, which are smoothscrolled horizontally on the bottom of the screen. Bambi meets godzilla marv newlands nowclassic 1969 student film just might be one of the most famous short animated films ever. A spook on endless film credits, complete with an epic ending. Of which, 48 seconds are devoted to the opening credits, and 27 seconds to the closing credits, leaving only 12 seconds of action, which is mostly stillness. Unaware of the big lizards approach, the little deer happily munches on grass. Marv newlands first film, this was completed as a term project for animation school. Bambi meets godzilla 1969 is a cartoon created entirely by marv newland.
Bambi meets godzilla is a notorious unlicensed parody of disney cartoons and the godzilla franchise, a cartoon short written and directed by marv newland. Originally scheduled as a liveaction film newland abandoned the idea when he lost an essential magic hour shot and settled for an animation version instead. The bulk of the movies running time is consumed in the opening credits, all of which name marv newland, including crediting newlands parents for. Marv newland is an americancanadian filmmaker, specialized in animation. Hardware wars, closet encounters of the nerd kind, bambi meets godzilla and others. Closet cases of the nerd kind close encounters of the 3d kind the dreyfuss character now works as a sewage treatment engineer. Fan remake of the classic animated short, bambi meets godzilla. Bambi is contentedly nibbling the grass, seemingly unaware of his impending encounter with godzilla. When he found himself unable to complete it, he created bambi meets godzilla instead. In addition to marv newland s incomparable and mustsee bambi meets godzilla, the tape i got includes the way low budget spoofs. A relaxed place to share and discuss lesser known media. Hardware wars, star wars starring home appliances, so hokey its funny. Bambi meets godzilla is considered a classic piece of animation, although some find it in dubious taste.
For dvd format choose add to cart button click here for streaming option. Part of the reason bambi meets godzilla works as well as it does is the opening and closing credits take most of the 5 minute run time. Industry vet marv newland curates evening of animation at. This is a challenging one to talk about bambi meets godzilla is a curious little student film created at the tail end of the 1960s with very limited resources, but its peculiar style of humour for the time, anyway has caused it to endure for almost fifty years with a reputation as one of the classics of animated shorts. A student film created by marv newland in 1969, bambi meets godzilla above runs only 90 seconds.
Bambi meets godzilla 1969 is an animated short film created entirely by marv newland. Based on marv newlands nowclassic 1969 student film, the new short features something the latest feature length remake of godzilla didnt. We gratefully acknowledge the city of tokyo for providing godzilla for this film godzillas toes move up and back down at the very end. Marv will provide the audience with a short introduction to each film, explain his selection and offer some context. Son of bambi meets godzilla and bambis revenge plot. In depth information about bambi meets godzilla, produced by selfproduced. In the opening credits, bambi is seen grazing while call to the dairy.
As soon as the amusing opening credits are finished, bambi gets stomped on. Not much to say about it without spoiling it only that for some reason godzilla seems to be blind and not able to hit bambi while in the original it looked quite frankly as if he was not really aiming for bambi, but merely stepped on him because he was so much larger. Marv newland is legend in the world of animation and we are lucky enough to have him living in vancouver. His recognizable work can be found in the classic, bambi meets godzilla, black hula, as well as production work on lupo the butcher and much much more. Search, discover and share your favorite bambi meets godzilla gifs. An extremely short cartoon from 1969, less than two minutes in length, written, animated, and directed by marv newland, with costumes and setdressing by marv newland. I doubt marv newland then in his early twenties ever imagined this. Bambi is nibbling the grass, unaware of the upcoming encounter with godzilla. The continuing popularity of bambi meets godzilla birth. Despite my general resistance, for this piece, an investigation into the ongoing popularity of marv newlands bambi meets godzilla, a comment section seemed like the best place to start. Unfortunately it looks like a poor quality print was used for the videotape source. He then designed and animated television commercials until late 1970 when he moved to toronto, ontario, canada. Bambi meets godzilla wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia. Marv newland is an animation director, and founder of international rocketship, whose films include bambi meets godzilla, anijam, black hula, postalolio and cmyk.
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