Folklore Film Fans 🇺🇦さんのイラストまとめ

Inspired by Tales of 1001 Nights; '1001 Nights' (1998) dir Mike Smith.1st 'Filmharmonic' series features breathtaking art by Yoshitaka Amano

Conceit, selfishness & hubris: qualities often found in #FolkloreVillains; & often punished. 'The Wind's Master' (1984) dir Galina Turgenyev

Originally Japanese folktale - Momotaro, the Peach Boy: becomes war-time propaganda in Mitsuyo Seo's 'Momotaro’s Divine Sea Warriors' (1945)

J.R.R.Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'. First published 21 Sept. 1937 - 80 years young today. Soviet film 'The Hobbit' (1985) dir. Vladimir Latyshev.

#FolkloreHeroes A persistent fairytale trope is the Maiden who outwits an unworthy or 'wrong' suitor. 'Donkey Skin' (1970) dir. Jacques Demy

The Bottle Imp (1891) by RL Stevenson; inspired by German legend 'Spiritus Familiaris' by Brothers Grimm. 'Der Flaschenteufel' (1952) Diehl.

#FolkloreHeroes Baron Munchausen - interpreted by a number of filmmakers:
1.Georges Méliès
2.Daniil Cherkes
3.Karel Zeman
4.Terry Gilliam

#SovietFilmWednesday Here's one of the greats: 'Morozko' (1964) dir. Aleksandr Rou. Credited by Spielberg as a special effects forerunner.

Need a little #MondayMotivation? How about a happy dance with this crew: 'Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair' (1969) dir. Aleksandr Rou.

You asked for #FolkloreLandscapes, try this one on for size. A snippet from one of Allison Schulnik's magnificent animations: 'Eager' (2014)