8 classic animations that you must see
Almost three decades have passed since children are no longer the only consumers of animation. During these three decades, animations have been created and shown in the world that have brought adults along with them and have turned animation into a wide range of films, styles and techniques.
According to Hamshahri Online; Animation has become such a wide and varied field that its creators, critics and fans are unlikely to agree on a single definition of what animation is. This lack of agreement is not too surprising given the technological advances in the filmmaking process over the last two decades. For example, it's not easy to say whether James Cameron's Avatar is animated or live-action. Cameron himself, who believes that his film is not an animation and all the details of the film were made by the actors, but it is possible that he did not agree with his opinion. Depending on which philosophy and approach you resort to in the analysis and interpretation of digital cinema, determining whether the movies are animated or not will also be different. However, it is still easy to recognize a conventional animation from its very first scenes and decide whether it is worth watching or not. Attractive animation, especially in the last two decades, with a warm and engaging story and lively characters, affects our view of life, people, and our own behavior. It's as if colors and shapes and even graphic human faces with their innocence facilitate our empathy more easily than live action movies. How long did it take you to like and empathize with the brave, loyal, and funny old man Up? The failed musician of “Soul” animation, who could not follow his musical dream in life, and only after his death in the world of spirits, he gained the necessary courage to change his life, how much did he encourage you to take risks and follow your dreams? Just recently, how much was seen of the regular animation “Leo” and its simple and practical message that the fish is fresh whenever you take it out of the water hit the hearts. The 8 animations we have introduced here are all classics, some commercial and conventional and some non-commercial and unconventional, all of which are worth watching.
Bambi (1945)
Director: David Hand
Product: America
The baby deer that lost its mother must live alone in the forest. This story was exactly suitable for the year 1945 when the Second World War ended. Millions of children across the green continent and other parts of the world had to learn the way of life without having a guide or an elder and could pull their rug out of the water. The forest where Bambi steps and gains experience is a metaphor for war-torn societies, where danger lurks in every corner, and an innocent and beautiful baby deer like Bambi needs smart friends like Thumper Rabbit to learn the ways and customs of life in this environment. Is.
Cinderella (1950)
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Lusk and Wilfred Jackson
Product: America
This mythical story, as much as they accept young girls to be patient and good-hearted so that luck knocks on their door and reach happiness, according to feminists, is a promoter of inappropriate beliefs that weakens young girls' belief in their own abilities. However, in this Walt Disney animation, Cinderella is the embodiment of all the good things that a young girl can dream of. Cinderella's wicked stepmother is also a personification of all the evil and sinister forces that does not want to believe in Cinderella's beauty, wisdom and skill and only thinks about supporting her unworthy daughters who are talented in straining.
Amazing Planet (1973)
Director: Rene Laloux
Product: France
A surreal animation that is a unique experience to watch, and of course, if you are not into unusual things, you might not like it. Apart from René Laloux, another important and effective person of “Wonderful Planet” was the cartoonist Roland Topour, who also played a role in writing the script and designing the production of this animation. “Wonderful Planet” is the story of two races, the Oms and the Draags, who live on the planet Ygam. Oms are human-sized and oppressed by giant, blue-colored Draags, which is changed by the intervention of a Draag girl. The images of this magical animation are similar to surrealist paintings.
Akira (1988)
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Product: Japan
Thirty years after World War III, Tokyo has become a very large and industrial city where criminal groups fight day and night. The cause of World War III was a child named Akira who had special abilities. A weak member of the criminal gangs who has acquired a strange power finds Akira, but Akira is not what he thought. Otomoto said that his source of inspiration was 1970s Tokyo, where there were student protests, bikers, political movements, gangsters and homeless youth. The high graphic quality of this animation was one of the reasons for its success.
The Lion King (1994)
Director: Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
Product: America
The lion king is dead; Long live Shir Shah. “Shirshah” can almost be summed up as the death of the father lion and the son sitting instead of the lion. But everything is not that simple. A lion boy must go through a long journey to become a lion king. This animation, which may be the Disney company's tribute to David Lane, the great epic maker of cinema, depicts magnificent landscapes and animals with the ambition to rule over others in an engaging story. This is the story of the transition from childhood to adulthood of a baby lion who wants to follow in his father's footsteps.
Toy Story (1995)
Director: John Lester
Product: America
When the first episode of “Toy Story” was released in 1995, the media introduced it as the first all-computer animation in history, which was produced without the intervention of the skilled hands of the old animators. At that time, there was still no news of today's advanced technologies and two-dimensional animations, such as “Demon and Beauty” (1991), “Aladdin” (1992) and “The Lion King” (1994), with their fascinating stories and lovable characters, gave life to fantasies that It amazes children and inspires the admiration of adults. But Toy Story created a revolution in the animation industry, and one of its most important achievements was expanding the boundaries of imagination.
Full Blue (1997)
Director: Satoshi Ken
Product: Japan
Let's explain the importance of this fascinating anime with this story: Darren Aronofsky, the famous American director, paid Satoshi Ken $59,000 for recreating the bathtub scene of this animation in the movie “Elegy for a Dream”. Later, Aronofsky recreated pieces of this animation in the movie “Black Swan”. The fact that a creative director like Aronofsky is so influenced by this animation shows what kind of work we are dealing with. Mysterious, exciting, suspenseful and on the border of fantasy and reality; A young girl enters the world of acting from the world of singing, but one of her fans is not happy with her decision.
City of Ghosts (2001)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Product: Japan
Undoubtedly, Hayao Miyazaki is the greatest Japanese animation director in the history of cinema, and his name is on the same line as Walt Disney and John Lasseter. Any of Miyazaki's animes that you touch has a place in the list of the best animations in the history of cinema. From the rich and imaginative visual quality of his works to the narrative style and music, and every factor that can contribute to the appeal of an animation, he has reached the highest level in his works. “City of Ghosts” is Miyazaki's most famous work about a 10-year-old girl who tries to save her parents who have turned into pigs. If this one-line story is strange to you, the animation itself will blow your mind.
