marco_n65

I thought no print of the films made by Léo Ernest Ouimet had survived, but the ''Archives Nationales du Québec'' are presumed to have a copy of this movie from 1908. I saw a copy of it in VHS at the Cinémathèque Québécoise today. It is only 3 minutes in run time. We can see the children of the director playing and dancing, obviously getting told what to do while it happens, and later on his wife knitting with the children around her. The story of Ouimet is fascinating and it's a shame that most of his work was burned a long time ago, but it's nice to know a little piece of it survived. I highly suggest you to inform yourself about the life and work of this great pioneer of the Québec and Canadian cinema.

I've seen it at the Disney D23 annual Event in Los Angeles today. Enrico Casarosa, writer and director of "La Luna", was present during the screening. He explained that it is a very personal project, and that the characters and their personalities were based on himself and also members of his family. I personally thought that it was a masterful work of imagination, beautifully animated and totally charming. The music was also perfect, thanks again to Michal Giacchioni. Pixar fans, and everybody else as far as i'm concerned, won't be disappointed. A magical and original experience. An academy award nomination awaits for this awesome short!