John Canemaker Movies
- 1974
The 40s
The 40s01974HD
The essence of the 1940s, to the lively beat of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." A rapidly paced collage of the fads, fashions, and personalities of...
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- 2001
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All8.52001HD
Released as a Bonus Feature for Disney's Platinum DVD Edition of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" this short documentary shows how this classic film...
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- 2012
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution72012HD
Focuses on how the legend of animation, Tex Avery, revolutionized cartoons.
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- 2002
Shadowplay
Shadowplay82002HD
A stop-motion film, written, animated, & directed by Dan Blank.
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- 1998
Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton01998HD
A lyrical and personal study of Canemaker's Long Island garden through the seasons, based on paintings, to an original jazz score by Fred Hersch.
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- 1980
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method01980HD
This educational science program features the story of Dr. Alfred Clothear and his discovery of how bears know when to sleep for the winter.
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- 1970
Felix the Cat Through the Ages
Felix the Cat Through the Ages01970HD
Documentary short from Felix the Cat Collector’s Edition DVD
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- 2009
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood72009HD
Blending the animation of Chuck Jones’ original drawings, traditional documentary elements, and one of Jones’ most intimate interviews...
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- 2005
Cartoon Logic
Cartoon Logic72005HD
Documentary about the influence of legendary animator Tex Avery and the groundbreaking digital special effects of “The Mask.” Produced...
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- 1986
The John Lennon Sketchbook
The John Lennon Sketchbook01986HD
In 1986, seventeen years after Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s animated conversation about love and six years after the beloved Beatle’s...
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- 2019
Hands
Hands02019HD
The film follows Wing Biddlebaum, a lonely former schoolteacher whose “hands” led to a scandal that drove him from his previous town and...
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- 2008
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-193002008HD
A documentary about the early days of animation.
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- 1977
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat01977HD
Documentary short on cartoonist Otto Messmer, co-creator of Felix the Cat
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- 1984
Bottom's Dream
Bottom's Dream71984HD
The short takes as its inspiration Bottom's contemplation on the "dream" he has experienced in the middle acts of Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer...
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- 1976
Remembering Winsor McCay
Remembering Winsor McCay6.51976HD
The life and career of the great cartoonist Winsor McCay is warmly recalled by his former film assistant, John Fitzsimmons, with clips of classic...
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- 1981
The Wizard's Son
The Wizard's Son01981HD
This personal film was planned as a homage to the Silly Symphonies genre of musical animated shorts. With no spoken dialogue, it tells a story...
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- 1983
DNA Concerto
DNA Concerto01983HD
Produced for the Children's Television Workshop.
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- 1973
Greed
Greed01973HD
"Imaginary beasts typify one of the seven deadly in this ingenious, Walt Disney style, full animation." Karen Cooper, Film Forum
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