When the Pied Piper lures the rats from Hamelin Town but is not paid in gold by the mayor as promised, he lures all the children of the town to the magical Garden of Happiness in a mountain to punish the parents..
Is it worth your time? If you like old-school, slightly unsettling animation from the thirties, yeah, grab a seat. If you need your cartoons to have a clear moral compass or don’t want to see an entire town’s youth kidnapped as a form of debt collection, maybe skip this one. It’s definitely not a modern feel-good flick...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Wilfred Jackson
Frank Moser
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school, slightly unsettling animation from the thirties, yeah, grab a seat. If you need your cartoons to have a clear moral compass or don’t want to see an entire town’s youth kidnapped as a form of debt collection, maybe skip this one. It’s definitely not a modern feel-good flick. There’s this moment early on where the rats are dancing. It’s genuinely rhythmic and weirdly catchy, even if the animation style makes them look a little bit like fuzzy, panicke..."
Ted Sears, Robert Browning, Webb Smith
United States
