Thursday, March 24, 2011

Mary and Max


When it comes to films, I'm always a couple of years behind and I just discovered Mary and Max
Have you seen it? It's a quirky, offbeat claymation film about friendship. 
I laughed and cried. I know you will too.

11 comments:

  1. Ha great, didn't know this either, I love clay animations,thanks.

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  2. Yay! Mary and Max. This was on TV here in Australia a couple weeks ago. Excellent taste you have Golly!
    :)

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  3. Hey that was funny! Just saw your "cicada" on Etsy and loving your work and your blog!

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  4. Thank you all for stopping by! Have a lovely evening!

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  5. I too saw this on telly in Australia the other week. It was sooo funny and lovely and sad all at once, a very special animation! I got here from your Spoonflower shop - MY GOODNESS, your designs are so wonderful!!! so glad i stumbled this way :)

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  6. Thank you Clair! So glad you found me!

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  7. The trailer was wonderful! I think it's amazing and wonderful when across the world I can find out about a film that was debuted in the state just above me. Thanks!

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  8. If you liked Mary and Max check out Adam Elliot's other film Harvie Krumpet. Sad! Beautiful! Genius!

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  9. Ooh, thank you! I will add it to my netflix queue.

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  10. It's a fabulous animation Holly. So glad you've discovered it. Adam is a lovely guy and a true independent when it comes to making films. He's recently published a book, The A-Z of Unfortunate Dogs - very delightful stuff. When I was in Poland I introduced a historical program which included Adam's student film 'Uncle'. This is one in a trilogy which have now become absolute classics. Mary & Max kept quite a few local animators in employment for a few months (a rare opporuntity), and the sets and characters were so SO wonderful. I often wonder why i never got into designing/making sets for animation. The sad thing (in our eyes) is that they made so much for the film that they just physically couldn't store it and resorted to throwing a lot out - ahhhh!!! I'm sure we could have housed some in our shrinking spare bedroom that is our office!

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  11. Helen, Maybe they thought there was bad claymation joojoo - didn't the creators of Wallace and Gromit lose their entire collection in a fire? I remember reading something about it. Anyway, I can't wait to see more!

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