Folklore Film Fans 🇺🇦さんのイラストまとめ

*Really* feeling this GIF right now.

'Faust' (1926)dir. F. W. Murnau.

@richard_littler I really enjoyed the Rosa Luxemburg biography by Kate Evans.

Although there are all too few female characters in Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings', Éowyn plays a pivotal role by deceiving, outwitting & slaying the Witch-King of Angmar; contributing to the demise of Sauron.

#FolkloreMasks

'The Return of the King' (1980) dir. Rankin/Bass.

Dear Disney,

You are welcome to use the text is this tweet during your #MayThe4th publicity drive...

Soviet animation blows the doors off Disney.

Lots of love,

Folklore Film Fans

'The Humpbacked Horse / Конёк-Горбуно́к / Konyok Gorbunok' (1947) dir. Ivan Ivanov-vano.

A little #SovietFilmWednesday magic to brighten up your day ---

Based upon an ancient Korean poem:

'A Path to Eternity / Путь в вечность / Put v vechnost' (1983) dir. Vladimir Pekar.

Really tricky to pick just one, so we're going with a few childhood faves for

#BookIllustrationOfTheDayBirthday2.

1. Arthur Rackham.
2. Jiří Trnka.
3. Kay Nelson.
4. Edmund Dulac.

@MorganScorpion @HorrorSpinsters @JamesUrbaniak @Scottreadsbooks @Glinner @willtij01 @timwaggoner @LadytronMusic @MadameGilflurt @CezarDelValle @min_labyrinth @TheMandelaMovie @boschbot @gentileschi_art @architecturehub @evilbmcats @MobyDickatSea @RedElephantF @_BCT_ Thanks so much for the festive shout-out!

#WinterFolklore

'The Snow Maiden / снегурочка/ Snegurochka' (1952) dir. Ivan Ivanov-Vano

Originally a Japanese folktale - 'Momotaro, the Peach Boy' becomes war-time propaganda in the first feature-length (and v influential) Anime:

'Momotaro: Sacred Sailors / 桃太郎 海の神兵 / Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei / Momotaro’s Divine Sea Warriors' (1945) dir. Mitsuyo Seo.

To celebrate the magnificent art in @mrjamesmayhew's new book 'Koshka's Tales', here we have a glorious Soviet animation of:

'The Humpbacked Horse / Конёк-Горбуно́к / Konyok Gorbunok / The Magic Pony' (1947) dir. Ivan Ivanov-Vano.