Watching these in chronological order - as they are presented on the disc - one sees a clear and mathematical technical progression that is quite staggering. Although the earlier animations possess more human qualities, despite their technical primitivism, the latter cartoons reveal a technical prowess, matched with storytelling skills, that are second-to-none - certainly much better than Dreamworks or Disney. The tale never wags-the-storytelling-dog so that each never becomes merely a means of demonstrating a technical effects
The problem here however is that the stories are never fully developed beyond mere whimsy and never fully exploit the medium of the short story. This betrays the fact that the filmmakers were obviously bursting, instead, to make feature-length movies, for which these are little more than dry runs.
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