Capsule Reviews of Today’s AFI Film Fest
Following are capsule reviews of today’s screenings in the American Film Institute Los Angeles International Film Festival at the Cineplex Odeon Century Plaza Cinemas:
‘Tribute to the National Film Board of Canada: Oscar Nominated Animated Films’
Canada, 89 minutes
8:25 p.m.
This second program of NFB shorts showcases experimental and/or multimedia works: “Christmas Cracker” by Norman McLaren and “Monsieur Pointu” by Bernard Longpre and Andre LeDuc blend live action with stop-motion animation. Peter Foldes’ “Hunger,” the first computer-animated film to be nominated for an academy award, features ugly line figures utterly unlike the bright, three-dimensional objects in this year’s winner, “Tin Toy. “ Ryan Larkin uses simple ink wash drawings to express an unallayed joy in pure movement in “Walking.” RECOMMENDED.
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