Cartoon Modern: The Essentials

Cartoon Modern-guru Amid Amidi takes you on a journey through time and space, showcasing the absolute essentials that gave 1950s animation the look and feel it is known for today.

Cartoon Modern: The Essentials encompasses films by animation legends such as John Hubley and Tex Avery.

You’ll be able to see the Academy Award Winning animation Gerald McBoing Boing on the silver screen. Essential viewing, not to miss!

This program is made possible by the friendly folks at Sony, Thunderbean Animation, Rembrandt Films, Emily Hubley and Nancy and Nik Phelps, a.o.

This program screened as part of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2013

Showing in this program

Deputy Droopy

Tex Avery
United States, 1955
6 min.

Flebus

Ernest Pintoff
United States, 1957
6 min.

Far ahead of its time in design as well as in story, Flebus (1957) is a cartoon about a gregarious character, whom everyone likes. Yet, when he meets the one person who can't stand him, he grows desperate.