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Topic: Kama Sutra Rides again. Bob Godfrey Cartoon Derann
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted August 12, 2018 09:20 AM
Well, this is quite a funny short and an Academy Award winner for best short,(Animation), from Bob Godfrey? This was the first British Cartoon short to be nominated for an Academy Award back in 1973. It tells the story of Stanley and Ethel.
At the start of this cartoon they are sat on a sofa, both in the nude, Ethel does her knitting while Stanley explains how many people live "ordinary, dull, boring, grey, monotonous dreary, uninteresting lives". He goes onto say that variety is the spice of life, such as his exotic variety of pets and that Ethel has her driving lessons and he also dabbles in oils, Stanley also explains how they like to visit there cottage in the Gobi Dessert for the first two weeks of July.
Then Stanley tells the audience that where they enjoy the most variety is in there Love making, his eyes roll around and round. He shows us a few comical pages of the "usual" positions, The couple then go onto show us demonstrations of there favourites in a very comical set of demo's , first is La Brouette, (loosely translated as the Wheel Barrow), then theirs "La bicyclette", this is followed by "Tarzan", & then "La escaletores", to be performed going up a descending escalator, next is "Standing up in hammock " which they find entirely unsatisfactory, next is "les patineuses", not to be practised on ice until you are fully confident, For homes with "La ramp, or Banisters" Stanley says a little appetiser is always welcome. Next is one for those who like the dramatics, he calls this one "La guillotine", Next is one for fresh air fans called, La Para", also Les nautique,nautique ski, The next one Stanley introduces us to is for the use of modern technology, "la machine, a tapier which he describes as rather droll. Visually, this is one of the funnier moments of this short. This is followed by Ethel's favourite, the stapler. This is all followed by the big one, and is done as Stanley quotes "without the aid of neither safety net nor contraception". This one ends up with Ethel in Hospital, as Stanley stands at the bottom of her bed he looks at the traction cables and gives a little tug, looks at the camera and says,, mmm, now that gives me an idea", to which he is chased out of the hospital with The End flowing in.
The quality of this print is outstanding, this one is on LPP poly with pin sharp image and excellent sound. It opens with the BFCC AA classification. There isn't a mark on this print.
[ August 13, 2018, 01:03 PM: Message edited by: Tom Photiou ]
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