The Mysterious Stranger
I recently rediscovered one of those films that traumatized me as an 80s kid: the claymation feature film "The Adventures of Mark Twain". In it, Tom Sawyer and friends journey through various recreations of Mark Twain's stories. The characters had a wrinkly charm that made them oddly beautiful. But then came the mysterious stranger. That sequence mesmerized and frightened me to no end. Recently I have discovered that this movie was the creation of Will Vinton. Will Vinton was the Nick Park of the 1980s. If there was a great piece of claymation, chances were that it was done by Vinton Studios. I'll showcase some of my favorite Vinton claymation pieces in the coming weeks.
Labels: Movies, Television
posted by Muttpop Bob at 10:42 AM
2 Comments:
Impresive. That one was one of my favorite books from my childhood. I was shocked by the book, and especially by this scene. I knew the sad humor of Mark Twain, but this story is so cruel and has so little hope that affected me a lot and took me by surprise.
BTW, I have a friend preparing a comic adaptation of it.
Thanks for posting.
Agreda:
Thanks for sharing that with us. I didn't know that the animation was based on a book. Cool.
Tell you friend good luck on that adaptation.
I wonder how many children have been traumatized by the various interpretations of Twain's "Mysterious Stranger"? Probably way more than we imagine! :-)
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