SLAVIC 290 Lecture 5: SLAVIC 290 Lecture 5
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Slavic 290 lecture 5 croatian animation. Yugoslavia existed for 70 years (with a gap during wwii) It was broken up into the countries bosnia, croatia, and serbia. Zagreb is the main school of animation in former yugoslavia. Created its first propaganda film in 1951: critique of stalin and the ussr, rally cartoon critique on soviet propaganda, a russian is sent to report back on yugoslavia. Realizes that socialism outside of the soviet model actually works: albania portrayed as a swamp. Yugoslavian art is more figurative and abstract than others in the soviet bloc. Serbia never had its own school of animation. 1980s when computer animation was beginning, yugoslavia lagged behind, but caught up in the 1990s. Fantasmagorie (2008: old technique adapted to computer animation, no real narrative. Romeo, juliet, and monsters (1984: created during a time of ethnic and religious wars, juliet lays an egg represents hope for the future. Ale (mid-1980s: pollution, disease, and transformation, serbian mythological dictionary.
