Moon Breath Beat

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Moon Breath Beat is a 1980 animated experimental student film by Lisze Bechtold about her cats turning into abstract figures.

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Production

The film was made while Bechtold was a student at California Institute of the Arts. Her instructor, Jules Engel, asked the class to make a film answering the question, "What happens when an animator follows a line, a patch of color, or a shape into the unconscious? What wild images would emerge?" [1]

Reception and legacy

Lisze Bechtold later went on to do visual effects on FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) and The Prince and the Pauper (1990). [2] [3] She collaborated on My Film, My Film, My Film (1983), which is in the collection of MoMA, New York. [4] She also writes children's books including the Buster the Very Shy Dog series [5] [6] [7] and Toots the Cat. [8]

Moon Breath Beat was selected to the United States National Film Registry in 2014 as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [3] [9] The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016. [10]

It has been described as "full of color, creepiness and unforgettable imagery". [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Gray, Tim (December 17, 2014). "'Big Lebowski,' 'Willy Wonka' Among National Film Registry's 25 Selections". Variety. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Moon Breath Beat". IMDb .
  3. 1 2 "2014 additions to National Film Registry: "Moon Breath Beat" (1980)". CBS News. December 17, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  4. ↑ "My Film, My Film, My Film". MoMA. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  5. ↑ "BUSTER THE VERY SHY DOG FINDS A KITTEN". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Buster: The Very Shy Dog". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Buster & Phoebe: The Great Bone Game". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  8. ↑ Stevenson, Deborah (October 2005). "Toots the Cat (Review)" . Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 59 (2): 101–2. doi:10.1353/bcc.2005.0176. S2CID   145776938.
  9. ↑ "Cinematic Treasures Named to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  11. ↑ ""The Big Lebowski" and 24 other movies the government thinks are national treasures". Hello Giggles. Time, Inc. December 18, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
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