April 4, 1987

Point de fuite (1987) *****


A Place For Many Rooms (1987) ****

Preppens-Paret (1987) ***

Need You Tonight - Mediate (1987) ***


Cute Neighbour (1987) ***

A commercial for Diet Pepsi.

The One I Love (1987) ***


U Got The Look (1987) ***


The Ants (1987) ***

Adoration (1987) ***

The Man Who Planted Trees (1987) *****

One of the greatest animated films of all time, this Oscar-winning Canadian masterpiece combines excellent storytelling with innovative animation and a timely environmentalist message. It tells a beautiful story of an old goatherdsman planting thousands of trees in a desolate Alpine valley. An enormously uplifting praise of the human spirit, a veritable ode to selflessness, quiet determination, courage and lowliness. A magnificent achievement.

An Inside Job (1987) ****

A truly disgusting, truly brilliant and truly hilarious cartoon set in the mouth of a dentist's patient, who is robbed of his gold teeths by a clever sadist, who plants tiny explosives and retrieves the loot. Bizarre vocal impersonations (including Jack Nicholson's, who made his film debut in "The Little Shop Of Horrors" playing a masochistic patient who adores his visits to the dentist). A brilliant little film, but guaranteed to shock and disgust many viewers.

Baeus (1987) ***

Plus One Minus One (1987) ***

First, we see what happens in one person's life. Then, we see how those events would enfold had he never been born. An interesting little cartoon.

Your Face (1987) ***

Countless variations on human physionomy are presented in this simple cartoon. An Academy Award nominee.

Itinéraire (1987) ***

A series of portraits of women, drawn in different styles, from classical to cubist to abstract.

George And Rosemary (1987) ***

A shy man is in love with a lady living across the street. A nice cartoon nominated for an Oscar. It also received the Second Prize (short subject) at the Montreal Film Festival.

You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks (1987) ***

Quiniscopio (1987) ***

Girls Night Out (1987) ***

Drawing Lesson #2 (1987) ***

Breakfast On The Grass (1987) ***

Adieu bipede (1987) **

A semi-abstract cartoon, partly inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's drawings. Images are scratched directly on the negative.

Rondino (1987) **

Whippings, torture, mutiliations. Fortunately, images are too abstract to actually shock anyone.

The Haploid Affair (1987) **

Little sperms are swimming towards an egg. But what if the egg wants a career instead ?

The Prayer (1987) **

A man is burned at the stake.

Charles et François (1987) **

Story of two old men. The film uses an interesting technique, which combines 3-D sets with flat figures.

The Chore (1987) **

A stubborn cat doesn't want to go outside.

Oniromance (1987) *

What is this? A woman lying in bed and answering a phone?

The Jump (1987) *

Two guys jump from a plane in this rather witless cartoon, co-directed by Neville Astley and Jeffrey Newitt.

Great British Moments (1987) *

A rather unpleasant little cartoon.

Going Equipped (1987) *

Boring and depressing film about a juvenile delinquent.

Maxi Cat's Lunch (1987) *

Too short and too insignificant to comment.

Full Of Grace (1987) *

Two nuns are buying weird things for their monastery.