Rating: - Warning This Tape doesn't have any works of bill plymptoon on it!!!
I bought this tape last sunday and I got it today. To the reviews they said that plymptoons would be on it. I watch it the middle I got it and no plymptoons on it.But their was the first Hey Arnold, there was a different in the cartoon they used claymation in the cartoon. Even though there wasn't any plymtoons on it there was great orginal material there. I would give this tape to some-one over the age of 8 because of questionable themes on it,but yet I don't under-stand why this tape is animation for adults stamped on it?
Great tape 5/5 stars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: - A mixed bag
-- but the good ones are very good.
The disc starts with samples of Plympton's early, student work. That's probably of interest to the hard core Plymptomaniac, but I'm not in that category. I found them missable.
Some of the later pieces are outstanding, though. "Your Face" is a twisted classic, an non-stop exercise in transformation. "How to Kiss" (especially the 'nibbling kiss') and "25 ways to stop smoking" are among the more memorable.
Plympton's usual style is spare, simple scenes on a blank white background, drawn in colored pencil. Given the amount ... Read More
Rating: - AKA Plymptoons done the right way....
If there is any confusion between this DVD and 'The Complete Works of Bill Plympton', relax, this is very nearly the same DVD.
The "Classic Works" differs from "Complete Works" in that it is a more complete version than the previous VHS and DVD editions of "Plymptoons". The director's commentary, which was badly needed in the first transfer to DVD, finally makes an appearance in this version. Bill's commentary is the reading of some notes at the beginning of each short, some technical, some biographical, all interesting in spite of the monotone in which it is delivered. But, hey, Bill ... Read More
Rating: - this is crap
Don't waste your money. There are 19 shorts: -Four of them are just commercials and who wants to pay money to watch commercilas? They're not even good commercials. -One is a stick drawing from 1968 that is just a guy buying a package from a man a copuple of times -Another one of them is 15 seconds long that shows the MTV logo -Two of them are unfinished and are pointless -And all of them are boring. If you were in a highschool art class you might say "wow that was pretty good," but other than that it is a waste of time.
Rating: - Mind bending animation
There's a pretty good chance most all of us have seen Bill Plympton's unique style of work at some point or other. Whether it magazines, film, or television, he has been around for a long time and garnered the respect of many of his peers.
In this collection, we get to see some of his earliest work, dating back to 1968 and we follow his work up until about 1991. I think my favorite short on here is the one titled '25 Ways to Quit Smoking'. The use of the sumo had me laughing for quite a while.
His drawings, sometimes crude, are full of kinetic energy, always flowing along, morphing ... Read More
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