...and we're off! This has been a long time in the frying pan, but the 1st of anything is always the hardest to get out (at least that's what I'm telling myself).I thought "the end" was the best place to begin (I can't escape from that Beckettian cycle complex – Jane, get me off this crazy existential thing!)
"That's all Folks!" was the sign-off to most of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons after 1937. It's also carved on Mel Blanc's tombstone. (I couldn't believe it as I passed by his grave.) If you're ever in LA do drop in at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery - the largest collection of stars (no longer) on earth.
What's on DannyFlix #1 ? – a collection of
Looney Tunes, death and destruction including:
- Bosco, the Talk-Ink Kid (the 1st Looney Tune - sort of)
- Premature Burial (a beautiful excerpt from Roger Corman's 1962 film)
- Wabbit Twouble (1941, with an unusual Elmer Fudd and gorgeous backgrounds)
- they caught the ferry (1948, Carl Theodor Dreyer's 11 min. short)
- Early to Bet (1951, Looney Tunes) one of my favorites -- "Not the gesundheit!"
- Looney Tunes pencil test remix (a DannyFlix original – 1 min.)
- Fin du Monde (collected clips from Abel Gance's 1931 disastrous disaster film)
- Heart of the World (2000, Guy Maddin's short - inspired by Fin du Monde)
- 43 exits (for W.) (a DannyFlix original)
- Slam Bam Ka-Pow! (a DannyFlix original - a landslide of 'toon violence)
- Unsung Hero: Ken Harris (a DannyFlix regular feature -- this time: the great Looney Tunes animator)
- Daisy (the infamous 1964 LBJ political ad)
