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A king and his hunting party shoot down birds. A magpie escapes the onslaught of arrows and wreaks havoc on the hunting party.
The Thieving Magpie
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Sroka złodziejka, La gazza ladra sinfonia, La pie voleuse, La urraca ladrona, La Pie voleuse, Сорока-воровка, 贼喜鹊
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Theatrical limited
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France
Theatrical
01 Jan 1964
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Italy
21 Oct 1965
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France
01 Jun 1965
- Theatrical limited Annecy Film festival
Italy
01 Jan 1964
- Theatrical
USA
21 Oct 1965
- Theatrical
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Damn, the Best Animated Short lineup of 1965 is an absolute all-timer. Three nominees, every single one of them a banger that would have made a great winner, and probably would have won in most other years for me. If only someone would ask me to talk about this lineup on a podcast...
Update: Whoops, someone did!
Just look at this one, that takes a famous piece of classical music, and turns it into an entirely new piece of art. I am bumping it up form three and a half stars to four. The look of the magpie taunting the kings with a great dance alone makes it earn that rating.
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Beautiful and fun.
Part of my effort to watch at least one short film per day. Here is the list I am currently working through, with a random number generator determining the film each day. I will take recommendations for everything that's 40 minutes max.
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1965 might be my favorite year in the animated short category so far, there’s only three nominees but they all have very different styles and would’ve been very worthy winners in any other year.
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Another terrific use of classical music, integrated to animation that reminds of medieval paintings and a simple but compelling story.
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Italian painter and animator Emanuele Luzzati’s ‘The Thieving Magpie’ is an animated short set to Rosinni’s classic piece ‘The Thieving Magpie’. A love of classical music probably helps in enjoying the short and its cultural connection probably helped it in obtaining its Oscar nomination. If, like myself, you don’t have any particular interest in classical music, there is plenty to enjoy in Luzzati’s child-like drawings and the way they are so well synchronised with the music. The story tells the tale of a magpie who manages to make fools of an entire hunting party. Its simple message is well represented by the simple artwork and ‘The Thieving Magpie’ has an infectious energy that carries it through its ten minutes.
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Oh good I can finally associate other visuals to Thieving Magpie besides thinking of Clockwark Orange.
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Quella gazza ha mostrato loro chi è il vero re.
Let's play with colors and imply revolutionary message.