Animated Films

These are a couple animated films that were shown in my film class last week.


Don Hertzfeldt's Billy's Balloon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rag-RGSYq6I

Pretty priceless. 
I'd like to say I've seen Billy's Balloon before, but there were definitely moments where my jaw dropped open, if only because the film was daring to cross the boundary of violence to merge with children and their innocence.



Quay Brothers' Street of Crocodiles: Part 1 and Part 2

Sure, it seems creepy at first glance, but I thought it was amazing. There was a bunch of snickering and horrified laughter during the screening of this in my film class... Don't people understand that there's more to life than cliched, stereotypical ideas that ooze unrealistic joy and happiness? I like to think that there's a darker, more real side to all of us that is willing to confront the unpleasant.