Mul'tyashki!

[yantarik]

Having seen half a dozen operas at Met, three ballet programs at the Lincoln Center, plethora of jazz concerts all over the City, a couple of plays and Off-Broadway performances this year, the truest euphoria was achieved last night at IFC, while watching Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts.

Favorite ones:

Lavatory - Lovestory (Russian)

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Comments

[sevaa1]

Why did you like the ones you liked? What was good about the russian one and how on earth can it be better than Gagarin? :)))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ5E9Oh4O4U

[yantarik]

I love Gagarin!

[sashamalchik]

Gagarin is awesome, and I agree that Lavatory Lovestory is no good :) (it's on youtube, btw. So was Octopodi, but they took it down.)
Was the Japanese one about houses getting flooded and built up?

[sashamalchik]

yes, it was
LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES (PIECES OF LOVE, VOL 1) - Japan/12 mins/2008
Writer/Director: Kunio Kato
An old man battles to save his house in an attempt to beat the rising tide.

I thought it was amazing. Went and found all Kunio Kato's cartoons on YouTube - they were even more amazing :)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=kunio+kato+tortov&aq=f

[redheadrat]

the french cartoon is called: octopodi

[yantarik]

AGA! Tochno!!! V Phila tozhe idet?

[redheadrat]

Может быть, а Ютубе смотрел :-)

[dulcineja]

иринка, а мультики все, или их еще показывают? дай ссылку, а?

[yantarik]

http://www.ifccenter.com/event?eventid=999851

[mel_ny]

6 опер в этом сезоне? завидую!! :)

[yantarik]

it's part of the mating (I mean dating) ritual of single New Yorkers. =))

[mel_ny]

really? :) I remember it a little differently, but that was a lifetime ago:)

[sevaa1]

LOL.

+1 and it wasn't that long ago ;))))

[sashamalchik]

"La Maison en Petits Cubes" won the oscar :)

[yantarik]

It must be all that Japanese existentialism!