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   Tuesday, July 18, 2006

   STOP SAWING THE TABLE!!!

And while I'm feeling nostalgic, here comes the National Film Board of Canada, who've decided to post streaming video of 50 of their greatest short animation pieces. In the early eighties, my mom sprang for Pay TV for a couple years (First Choice and Superchannel!) and they would run NFB shorts in between movies. I was introduced to some fantastic and delightful material and I'm glad to see that the NFB is finally using the Internet to keep that flame burning.

There are a lot of gems: The Sweater is as sweetly Canadian as maple syrup, Hunger is creepy satire done with early CGI, The Cat Came Back is deservedly loved by millions, Neighbours is as weird and sadly relevant as ever (the same goes for Every Child), and, of course, The Big Snit is the Greatest Thing Ever.

Thanks, NFB -- you do our country proud!

Labels: back in the day, Canada, the 80s