What a find! It really seems like a miracle this feature was allowed to exist.
By the way, I tried to make my little contribution to spreading this newsletter through a Letterboxd list, for those who may use the website I think it could be a useful source. If I'm missing anything, feel free to let me know. https://letterboxd.com/__carlos/list/animation-obsessive/
Carlos -- wow! Thank you! That's an absolutely wonderful page you've put together. It's so awesome of you to help raise awareness of the newsletter. The kind words and viewing guide are much appreciated.
I found Saperstein to be a contradiction—much like the film. Given how he was characterized, I'm puzzled what drove him to buy UPA in the first place. Perhaps a chip on the shoulder about "that find art crap," and a desire to attach his name, despite everything, to something that would prove he had class? Him boasting about the goal to show on screen the most beautiful graphics ever drawn, is telling in this vein.
Also, I laughed out loud. at "the fey four-year-old of recherché taste." It seems such a weird and complicated film: beautiful craftsmanship and in myriad ways quite uncompelling...while still being interesting.
Thank you! It does seem like Saperstein might have had a desire to prove himself by association with this film, somehow. When someone told him that he was "no Walt Disney" after seeing Gay Purr-ee, he was completely incensed. He even submitted it to the Oscars (a futile effort). Even if he didn't really understand art, he definitely understood status -- and how status attaches itself to art.
And it is a weird film, totally. It's not for everyone. But if there is such a thing as a "fey four-year-old of recherché taste" (love that quote) then this is absolutely the film for them.
Wow, fascinating piece on Gay Purr-ee. And the Yams advert made me smile!
Thank you -- and happy to hear that you got a kick out of the commercial!
What a find! It really seems like a miracle this feature was allowed to exist.
By the way, I tried to make my little contribution to spreading this newsletter through a Letterboxd list, for those who may use the website I think it could be a useful source. If I'm missing anything, feel free to let me know. https://letterboxd.com/__carlos/list/animation-obsessive/
Carlos -- wow! Thank you! That's an absolutely wonderful page you've put together. It's so awesome of you to help raise awareness of the newsletter. The kind words and viewing guide are much appreciated.
Fascinating read!
I found Saperstein to be a contradiction—much like the film. Given how he was characterized, I'm puzzled what drove him to buy UPA in the first place. Perhaps a chip on the shoulder about "that find art crap," and a desire to attach his name, despite everything, to something that would prove he had class? Him boasting about the goal to show on screen the most beautiful graphics ever drawn, is telling in this vein.
Also, I laughed out loud. at "the fey four-year-old of recherché taste." It seems such a weird and complicated film: beautiful craftsmanship and in myriad ways quite uncompelling...while still being interesting.
Thank you! It does seem like Saperstein might have had a desire to prove himself by association with this film, somehow. When someone told him that he was "no Walt Disney" after seeing Gay Purr-ee, he was completely incensed. He even submitted it to the Oscars (a futile effort). Even if he didn't really understand art, he definitely understood status -- and how status attaches itself to art.
And it is a weird film, totally. It's not for everyone. But if there is such a thing as a "fey four-year-old of recherché taste" (love that quote) then this is absolutely the film for them.