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去年的短片集后，今年DFS系列继续来了一个短片集，包含了6部动画短片。这6部里我最喜欢的是没得到提名的作为bonus放映的“The Fan and the Flower”，讲一个电风扇和一盆小花之间的爱情，故事搞笑温馨动人，没有用太高深的动画技术，但平实的画风恰到好处。其他的片子，得奖的那部“The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation”算是导演对去世父亲的回忆录，我觉得导演有些太刻薄，对爸爸有些太记仇了。“Badgered”的配音特别突出。“9”的故事很诡异，其中一段好像小鬼当家，画面比较典型的现代3D动画片，很精致。“One Man Band”之前看Cars时就看到了，我觉得很有趣啊很有趣。“The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello”在画面上大概是最有个性的，我不知道该怎么描述，人物都是剪影，但其他的细节都很精细，不过故事有点臭长。这些似乎来自一个DVD，似乎还有一半是非动画的短片，希望有机会也能看一下。

“The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation” (28m/US)
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, this film explores the difficult emotional terrain of father/son relationships as seen through the filmmaker’s own turbulent relationship with his father.

“9” (11m/US)
In the shadow of urban desolation, a rag doll must face a monster that is hunting his brethren and stealing their souls. Focus Features is developing a full-length feature based on this short.

“Badgered” (7m/UK)
The tale of a grumpy badger who just wants the world to let him sleep.

“The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello” (27m/AUS)
The story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator who flees his plague-ridden home on a desperate voyage to redeem himself.

“One Man Band” (4m/US)
With one coin to make a wish at the piazza fountain, a peasant girl encounters two street performers who’d prefer the coin find its way into their tip jars. (Produced by Pixar.)

Bonus film: “The Fan and the Flower” from Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton.

The 2005 Academy-Award Nominated Short Films

今晚的DFS系列是一组精选的short film，因为每年都有大量的短片，水平稂莠不齐，但其中优秀的又很难被一般观众看到，最多就是在一些电影节上亮亮相。这次DFS根据这个学期Eat Me的主题选了大概6,7部短片，学期初一看安排我就决定这个一定不能错过，果然今晚看完实在觉得赞！

“Sour Death Balls”(1993): 这个十分简单但有趣，就是让不同的人包括小孩大人往嘴里塞一个酸到死的糖球，然后拍摄他们的表情，你无法想像人的表情有多么微妙，哈哈。

“When The Day Breaks”(1999): 动画片。人物都是一些动物，鸡，猪，牛什么的。题材相对灰暗，但笑点很多，整个拍摄的手法非常有特色。

“The Old Lady and The Pigeons”(1996): 动画片。这个片子绝对无敌，现在那一只只飞不动的肥鸽子以及那个带着自制鸽子头的老头的形象还在我脑子里盘旋。非常非常搞笑和有趣，并且不肤浅。

“Food”: 分breakfast, lunch和dinner三节，很有冲击力让人颤抖的创意，实在不好用我苍白的语言叙述。

“Shock and Awe”(2004): 很短，讲Iraq的一户普通人家在美国轰炸时躲在餐桌下面的那段时间。片子拍的很轻松，但黑屏的结尾实在让人揪心。

名字记不清，大概是”A bunny thing happend in a mart”之类: 故事非常有趣，大意是讲一个男的感觉自己有些smelly，然后就莫名其妙的在超市做了诡异的事情。让我有冲动拍个中文版，呵呵。

“The Old Man and The Sea”(1999): 动画片。制作很精良，讲一个老人在海上和上钩大鱼的超级拉锯战。

用DFS介绍里的话说：Perhaps at a basic level, short films, both animated and live-action, are important because more often than not, they allow for a director’s vioce–undiluted by input from studio executives, box office concerns, and other cooks who could spoil the broth–to shine through loudest and clearest.