[Sebastian]

Fire and Ice 1983 for boys haha.

[Sebastian]

This is something else.

[Oscar]

“and since we are on the subject of unknown gems, it reminds me of this little nugget discovered as a child (lucky – or not – to have a father who is a cinephile and a film collector and inundated with films that are probably not necessarily within the reach of a kid like Doctor Mabuse)

History of the two kids who stole the moon (o dwóch takich co ukradli księżyc) a 1962 movie for kids ”

and I just forgot why I’ve quoted this probably unknown Polish film : one may have recognised the two kids as the Kaczynski twins who have governed Poland since the 2010s, one as president who died in his plane crash and the other as prime minister and boss of the Atlanticist cukservative party PIS

[Aster]

The Last Unicorn (1982) is a nice animated movie, in which a unicorn tries to find out what happened to the rest of her kind and save them. Das Letzte Einhorn is the German version.
I like the soundtrack; the band America collaborated on it.

It can be quite touching:

[Anonymous]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Adventure_of_Horus%2C_Prince_of_the_Sun

[Anonymous]

Sleeping Beauty should actually be considered the best disney film for kids, or anyone. They put more detailed work into the bark of an oak tree in the forest, or the chains on a drawbridge, than most subsequent disney projects put into their entire movies. The color pallet was better and the characters looked better. Also the story is based, for so many obvious and subtle reasons.

[Oscar]

“done with the technical means of its time.”

“old school” special effects before digital made them a smooth and charmless product had a freshness and sincerity of craftsmanship, I love the work of Ray Harryhausen (Jason, Sinbad, etc.), for example in Clash of the Titans it is generally rebroadcast at Christmas and as I irremediably broke with (((television))) more than twenty years ago, it is the moment when I can savor this Proust madeleine in family.

Really, it’s more impressive than any modern crap : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqRjDGAJ5dc

and since we are on the subject of unknown gems, it reminds me of this little nugget discovered as a child (lucky – or not – to have a father who is a cinephile and a film collector and inundated with films that are probably not necessarily within the reach of a kid like Doctor Mabuse)

History of the two kids who stole the moon (o dwóch takich co ukradli księżyc) a 1962 movie for kids

“a child’s version of the Lord of the Rings”

The novel (or more probably its film adaptation) has infused so many cultural references into the public débate that I will have to read it one day or later to find out exactly what it is.

[Leo]

@Oscar Hahah, thanks for the laugh, mate. My memory doesn’t serve me well enough, but I do recall that film (mostly in name, not in it’s story), and specifically recall watching that child flying on the white creature when I was a little boy. Can’t recall much else about it, but seems like a child’s version of the Lord of the Rings, perhaps? I’d be interested in others’ recollections and opinions of it.

[Administrator]

@Oscar Agreed, the Neverending Story / Die unendliche Geschichte by Michael Ende is a beautiful story, and the movie is very well done with the technical means of its time. The YouTube lik is blocked in Germany, so I found some more links that work at least here for the English version: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8gen0y
and the German version: https://archive.org/details/1167280.ml

The book printed in red and green font is a great gift for children: https://archive.org/details/neverendingstory0000ende_f6u9/page/n3/mode/2up

For me, “The Nothing” represents communism, while Bastian represents the White Race.

[Oscar]

what ? this classic was forgotten ?

( don’t remember if it had any “pro-white” meaning , but at least no magic niglet and no mermaid with balls, that precious

[Philip Marc]

I agree, but for kids it can be traumatizing.

For example, I loved Disney’s Pinocchio as a kid though I knew there was something strange about it and as an adult I realized what it was.

But the worst one that kinda traumatized me? Mighty Joe Young, also a Disney flick.

This scene precisely: https://i.imgur.com/5suHm2s.jpeg

It took years until I found it as I thought it had been from a cartoon or an anime. Now, it’s no big deal.

Meanwhile, I grew up watching Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT and I adored every moment, nothing about it scared me.

[Joseph]

As a kid (and adult!), I always enjoyed films that combine unique and visually attractive art with deeper philosophical meaning.

Just as two examples, I think Cartoon Saloon has done a wonderful job with their “Secret of Kells” and “Song of the Sea”.

[Leo]

@Aster All your posts on this forum thread have been approved, and should be visible to the public; no worries.

I’m not participating in this specific conversation, but I’m sure what you’re sharing is appreciated by those who are.

[Aster]

The Soviet 1968 version of Little Mermaid has a pretty art style and is quite creative, imaginative, and stylistic, though a little primitive with its animation.
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d7/21/b8/d721b85b2685f2c5b528b72f83b9010b.jpg
https://www.animatsiya.net/film.php?filmid=1066

[Aster]

It says my post is awaiting moderation – I tried to link to the Soviet 1968 version of Little Mermaid. I’ll just post a picture because its art style is so pretty.

[Djehuti]

The ending to the Little Mermaid is tragic because those folk stories are meant to be, to express that the Sea and the Earth are separate realms, also Civilization and Wild nature, and the land of the living and the land of the dead (the Sea and the Earth can be seen as both depending on your viewpoint). The Little Mermaid is very human in the sense that she´s a Hybrid, able to communicate with both sides. Just like humans can communicate with animals and with machines.

[Djehuti]

I recently purchased a subscription to http://www.easterneuropeanmovies.com . The website gives you access to old movies from Eastern Europe, including Soviet films. I hope they add more films in the future, but the ones currently available are already interesting and good. There are fairy stories that are delightful, they remind me of my childhood because in Spain Eastern movies and even tv series from Czechoslovakia or Germany were popular. All these films have White people, and Western values; such as respect for nature or personal freedom. The ones that are not moral are also important, because they show the problems that the old faith and the old mores can not help us with and need addressing.

[Philip Marc]

I want to say Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid by TOEI Animation as they did a great job keeping it European (unlike Disney now), but the ending… It’s pretty tragic.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/3_0yjiemtP4

It was dubbed in English, Spanish, and possibly other European languages.

TOEI made some other movies based on European stories and I really enjoyed them although most people probably never heard or forgotten about it (either it’s too old, no dub or sub, etc, or just not aware of it).

[Aster]

There’s something to the Russian/Soviet cartoons. The Childhood of Ratibor is a good one, here’s a clip –

[AeonKnight]

@Djehuti

Well said.

[Djehuti]

“Snow White was terrible. teaches boys to fawn over women because they are beautiful” I don´t remember Disney Snow White so well now, but as a kid I liked to read fairy tales. My mum bought me the Andersen´s stories that were ilustrated by the amazing Arthur Rackhman, and I read many others. They were tipically a lot more sinister and cruel than Disney´s versions. However they are rich in meaning and symbolism.

I don´t think that Men just fawn over women´s beauty; we die for it, either by invading countries to rape or take their women, or trying to protect these women from the invaders. This is not stupid or Paleolithic, because Beauty is not looks: it´s Darwinian fitness, ethnic identity, many generations of socially virtuous mating, and symbolic value. The sexy and elegant appearance is just the flag that betrays all that treasure, that is what we really need for survival. The Snow White story is about that in many different layers of understanding beyond the mere human, ultimately the Cosmos being aware of itself.

[Djehuti]

The cultural children of those old Disney productions are Japanese anime feature films. Disney was the inspiration for manga cartoons, as all mangaka recognize, to the point of imitating the style of the images. Akira Toriyama, who sadly passed away recently, credited 1001 Dalmatians as the original spark for his desire to become an artist, and also Osamu Tezuka´s Atom boy, who in his own turn was fascinated by Disney films and cartoons.
Japanese productions like Miyazaki´s “The boy and the Heron” or “Spirited Away” are the real “Disney films” of the last decades. Plus, Japanese authors show a genuine, respectful admiration for Western culture and literature that Westerners themselves are not allowed to have nowadays.

[Anonymous]

I thought this version of Snow White was terrible. teaches boys to fawn over women because they are beautiful. lol

I suggest for old Russian cartoons, including those from the Soviet period. Curiously they are really good and without political propaganda.
of American work I would recommend The Yearling from 1946.

[A_Spartan_Speaks]

Some of the really old Disney films, like Snow White are great, wholesome entertainment for White kids.

[Djehuti]

I do believe that favouring your own kind is not about thinking you are great, or the best; but the aspiration and constant effort to improve and inspire your offspring to be even better. Frances Hodgson´s “A little princess” reflects this principle admirably, as in the quote: “I did not think I was a princess. I just wanted to behave like one.” I relate to this story personally because my childhood and teenage were stricken by poverty and sickness and death. However my dad always told us that we were not really poor nor belonged in that neighbourhood, but only happened to have fallen into that hole through misfortune. The same happens to poor Sarah Crewe; she was a princess not because of money or position, but spiritual value. Aside from the book I recommend the 1986 tv adaptation by Carol Wiseman starring Amelia Shankley as Sara Crewe.

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