Halas & Batchelor Collection (Blu-ray)

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Highly influential and internationally acclaimed, the fondly-remembered work
of husband-and-wife animation team John Halas and Joy Batchelor encompassed
children s series, public education films and adverts, and they were
affectionately referred to as 'the British Disney'. This collection of short
films will both remind and reinforce how stunningly innovative, whimsically
humorous and subversively entertaining their four decade body of work actually
was.
From an uncannily prophetic, Oscar-nominated satire on technological overkill
and automated gridlock (Automania 2000) to the adventures of
two paper-cutout canines (Snip and Snap), the films present
wide-ranging content in a gloriously inventive fashion. Drawn from an archive
that includes numerous international award winners, these animated gems have
been newly transferred in High Definition from the original film elements; all
showcase the beguiling humour, questing yet playful spirituality and sheer
technical brilliance that characterised the studio s output, serving as both an
introduction to and celebration of a unique body of work that is ripe for
re-evaluation.
This set includes:
The Magic Canvas
Flying Free
The Owl and the Pussycat
Figurehead
The History of Cinema
Foo-Foo: The Stowaway
Habatales: The Cultured Ape
Snip and Snap: Top Dogs
Hamilton the Musical Elephant
Automania 2000
DoDo - The Kid from Outer Space: The Kidnapped Kid
Tales from Hoffnung: The Symphony Orchestra
Flow Diagram
The Question
Children and Cars
Butterfly Ball
Autobahn
Dilemma
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