DVD Talk DVD Reviews http://www.dvdtalk.comwww.dvdtalk.com/reviews/list/DVD Video DVD Talk DVD Review RSS Feed en-us Mid Century Modern Animation, Volume 2 DVD Video http://www.dvdtalk.comwww.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/65455 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:34:15 UTC Highly Recommended

The Shorts:

Thunderbean has released another great disc of 50's animated shortswith Mid-Century Modern Animation, Volume 2. Those who havethe first volume (reviewedhere) are sure to run out and pick this one up too. It'schocked full of more stylized animation that is really a lot of funto watch.



Though you may not be familiar with the term "modern-design" (alsoknown as mid-century modern), you've certainly seen examples of thisart style. It was fairly ubiquitous in the 50's featured ineverything from architecture (the...Read the entire review

]]> Mid-Century Modern Animation, Volume 1 DVD Video http://www.dvdtalk.comwww.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/65409 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 22:18:10 UTC Highly Recommended

The Shorts:

Have you ever seen Mickey Mouse (with some help from Pluto) hawkingcars? How about a national TV commercial that features a striptease? Or an educational short created for the American PetroleumInstitute that touts the advantages of... capitalism? You'll findall of these, and much, much, more in Mid-Century ModernAnimation Vol. 1 released by Thunderbean Animation. This is adisc chocked full of wonderful (and sometimes oddly bizarre)animation including theatrical shorts, industrial cartoons,commercials and even a TV pilot, most of which are examples ofmodern-design, an art style that was mainly used in the 50s. Atreasure trove of rare and entertaining films, this should be soughtout by any fan of animation.

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]]> Technicolor Dreams and Black and White Nightmares (Blu-ray) Blu-ray http://www.dvdtalk.comwww.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/65276 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:53:50 UTC Highly Recommended

The Cartoons:

Thunderbean has long been the go-to source for quality classicanimation. They've released a collection of Famous Studios'Noveltoons, a disc of Oswald short from Lantz Studio Treasures, andseveral discs of Van Beuren releases including complete collectionsof The Little King and Tom and Jerry (not the cat and mouse, theother animated Tom and Jerry). Thunderbean searches out rare andunusual animated films, cleans them up, and releases some of thebest animation DVDs. With Technicolor Dreams and Black and WhiteNightmares they release their first Blu-ray collection of cartoons,and what an impressive set it is. Filled with wonderful movies andsome gorgeous transfers, this is a must-buy for even casualanimation fans.