He left the NFB in 1949 to help found Graphics Associates, Canada’s first private animation company.
Dunning’s most memorable work at the NFB was as director of the classic Cadet Rousselle (1946), an innovative stop-motion film that employed flat metal figures rather than puppets, for the very popular “Chansons de chez nous” series. The film’s director was George Dunning, a Toronto-born graduate of the Ontario School of Art who had been one of the first animators hired by Norman McLaren when he set up the National Film Board of Canada’s animation department in 1942. there is always a bit more colour than one would expect, and a bit more design.” 10 As he said, “I did try to consciously overload the audience with impressions. Hieronimus argues that “the 1960s are defined by the pop art nouveau look as much as they created it, and that designers around the world were picking up the same ‘vibe’ and adapting it their own way.” 9 Edelmann’s version of this “vibe” was a deliberate attempt at a psychedelic experience. Max or his work during the entire production period, nor was he mentioned by, or known to anyone else on the team.” 7 Edelmann was, however, aware of other pop artists, including Milton Glaser, 8 who is referenced in the sequence where the Beatles’ music brings the Pepperlanders back to life, as a woman’s hair becomes a psychedelic rainbow in the manner of Glaser’s famous poster of Bob Dylan. 6 Edelmann states categorically that “I never thought of Mr. The design of Yellow Submarine is sometimes credited, by himself as well as others, to the artist Peter Max, but he did not become well known until a bit later and had no influence on the film. 1 However, Yellow Submarine quickly developed a strong cult following, not least among those looking for an appropriate film to watch while on an acid trip. box office, compared to the $11.5 earned in the United States during its initial run by Disney’s The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967), which had been released the year before. Perhaps because it was reviewed seriously by critics and perceived as more geared toward adults than children, it was on its immediate release only a modest hit (earning under $1 million at the domestic U.S. In an era when the genre was dominated by Disney, it was something completely different, an exuberant explosion of styles that abandoned Disney-style realism and, instead of the show tunes typically used in these films, had at its heart a collection of rock ‘n’ roll songs by what was then the most popular band in the world. The animated feature film Yellow Submarine (George Dunning, 1968) was an unusual film for its time. From the paper-doll residents of Pepperland, to the tinted photography of the soot covered roofs and smokestacks Liverpool, the menagerie of fanciful characters in the Sea of Monsters, the kaleidoscopic color-splashed rotoscoping of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the vertigo inducing op-art of the Sea of Holes, and the triumphant euphony of the It’s All Too Much finale, the film is simply a joy.A Deep Dive in a Yellow Submarine Some Notes on the Filmmakers and References in the Classic Animated Featureīy David Hanley Volume 26, Issue 1-2 / February 2022 17 minutes (4222 words)
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So it’s The Beatles to the rescue, as our animated heroes team up with Young Fred and the Nowhere Man and journey across seven seas to free Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, make peace with the Meanies, and restore music, color, and love to the world.īut beyond all the glorious music, Yellow Submarine is a landmark in animation, with Heinz Edelmann’s inspired art direction conjuring up a non-stop parade of wildly different styles and techniques. Once upon a time….or maybe twice….there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland, 80,000 leagues under the sea it lay, a place where beauty, happiness, and music reign supreme.īut this peaceful harmony is shattered when the Blue Meanies invade with their army of storm bloopers, apple bonkers, snapping turtle turks, and the menacing flying glove in an attempt to stop the music and drain Pepperland of all color and hope. An icon of psychedelic pop culture, Yellow Submarine is a colorful musical spectacle and an exhilaratingly joyful cinematic experience for all ages – filled with visual invention, optical illusions, word play, and glorious, glorious music.
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