When an artist's creativity is constantly interrupted by mice, he orders two cartoon characters to get ride of them or else they'll be the ones evicted. When all else fails, they use music to lead the mouse horde away.
Walter Lantz
United States
The Ontological Friction of the Inkwell Walter Lantz’s The Pied Piper is not merely a relic of early animation; it is a profound, albeit chaotic, meditation on the sovereignty of the artist over his medium. In an era where the boundaries of the frame were still being negotiated, Lantz dared to step ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Walter Lantz
Richard Smith
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" The Ontological Friction of the Inkwell Walter Lantz’s The Pied Piper is not merely a relic of early animation; it is a profound, albeit chaotic, meditation on the sovereignty of the artist over his medium. In an era where the boundaries of the frame were still being negotiated, Lantz dared to step into the celluloid himself, blurring the line between the demiurge and the puppet. The premise—an artist plagued by mice—is deceptively simple, yet it functions as a masterclass in..."
