Dušan Vukotić (2)
Dušan Vukotić
Né à Bileća en 1927, Dušan Vukotić est un réalisateur européen renommé pour ses films d’animation et l’un des membres fondateurs de Zagreb Film. « Il a remporté plus de 50 prix et mentions pour ses 16 films marquants… créé le symbole national qu’est Kićo… et, avec [ses collègues] Aleksandar Marks, Boris Kolar et Zlatko Bourek, découvert les principes de “l’animation réduite” » (traduction libre d’un passage tiré de Z Is for Zagreb, 1972, de R. Holloway, p. 19). Son film Ersatz lui a valu l’Oscar du meilleur court métrage d’animation en 1961. Il a assuré la production exécutive de la coproduction de l’ONF et de Zagreb Film Man The Polluter (1972), une œuvre collective d’anthologie pour laquelle il a réalisé les courts métrages History of Pollution (00:03:21–00:09:10) et Seesaw (00:12:17–00:13:09 [réalisé avec Milan Blažeković]).
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Man: The PolluterDon Arioli , Hugh Foulds , … 1973 53 minThis feature-length animation is a richly illustrated cartoon film with an environmental message: how much longer can humans foul their own nest and ignore the consequences? Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humour, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences, Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Montreal’s Concordia University, comments on the importance of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources. -
MAN THE POLLUTERDon Arioli , Hugh Foulds , … 1972 52 minA film that enlarges on humanity’s capacity to foul its own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Croatian animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humour, imagination, movement and design. It consists of 14 shorts, as well as comical segments—played by actors—that introduce and serve as transitions between the animated pieces. The film comments on our responsibility, on a global scale, to conserve what is left of our vital resources and usable environment.
