The Athlete is a 1932 short animated film by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures..
Les Kline, Manuel Moreno, Walter Lantz
United States
Is this worth your time? If you have a soft spot for pre-Code animation and don’t mind the occasional headache from the frantic pace, sure. It’s a curiosity. If you need a coherent story or characters that make sense, you will probably hate it. It’s just noise and limbs flying everywhere. There’s this one moment wher...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Walter Lantz
Charley Chase
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"Is this worth your time? If you have a soft spot for pre-Code animation and don’t mind the occasional headache from the frantic pace, sure. It’s a curiosity. If you need a coherent story or characters that make sense, you will probably hate it. It’s just noise and limbs flying everywhere. There’s this one moment where the character tries to run a race, and his legs turn into actual wheels. It’s such a lazy gag, yet I couldn't stop looking at it. Why wheels? Did he lose his kneecaps? The animat..."
