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Monday, April 17, 2006 12:00 AM

The Forest in Winter

A strangely beautiful retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood" translated through the Russian ... and Japanese. Sort of.
K.L.

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  • Tuesday, April 25, 2006 01:22 PM

    cite yer influences

    The "old Russian style" the filmmaker cites actually only belongs to ONE animator, Yuri Norstein, who last I checked is still alive and continues to work after 30+ years, with minimal recognition outside of animation circles. "Forest in Winter" is an impressive film, but it owes its existence, all of the "Russian" visual elements (textured cut-out techniques, color schemes, angles & perspectives... plus the narrated folktale thing) to Norstein's films from the 70s and 80s, Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales. Nothing wrong with being influenced, but please, folks, give credit where credit is due.

    —CalArtian

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