Creative Association "Ekran" 1981
Plasticine Crow
The film uses drawings by children from the animation studio of the Kiev Central Republican Pioneers' Palace.
About Paintings (Aleksandr Kushner)
Should you see on any painting A blue river, moving fast,
Or a spruce, with white frost covered, Or a yard, sky overcast,
Or a snowfield, good for sleighing, Or a field with tent take shape,
Then the name for such a painting Is undoubtedly...
"Landscape!"
Should a picture framed in amber Have a coffee mug someplace,
Or juice in a large decanter, Or a rose in crystal vase,
Or a bronzed heavy kettle, Or a pear, a cake, or pie,
Or all of those things together, - Know that this is...
"A still life!"
If you see that from this painting, Someone's looking out at us -
Say, a prince in old-time costume, Or a man high on a truss,
Pilot, or a ballet dancer,
Neighbour Kolya, your classmate,
Then you may be sure: this painting Will go by the name...
"Buffet!"
"Not buffet."
"Portrait!"
A Game (Ovsey Driz)
Here, I see a... bush growing my lawn,
Sparrows playing "leapfrog" - and they've gone!
There's my funny dog going on a stroll...
Now we don't see anything at all.
Here, I see a... tall pillar of dust -
Lorry 'round the corner, rushing fast,
I can see a driver in control.
Now we don't see anything at all.
Here we see a... moth in yellow frock,
...swinging itself on a thin, green stalk.
We see, through the...
We see, through the window flies a bumblebee,
And again, again it's all dark around me.
Again, we see: an armchair is de-dusted.
We see thunder approaching in the skies.
It's so really, very interesting! -
Closing and opening one's eyes.
It's so very interesting!
Or Maybe, or Maybe... (Eduard Uspenskiy)
A simple little fable
Or maybe not a fable
Or maybe not so simple
We'd like for you to hear
We know it from our childhood
Or maybe not from childhood
We might not even know it
So don't be too severe.
Tell us!
We think there was a crow once
Unless it was a doggy
It could have been a moo-cow
Whom fortune one day found
A package from the mailman -
A half-pound hunk of Swiss cheese!
Or was it even bigger?
Perhaps it was a pound.
The crow flew up a pine tree
Unless perhaps she didn't
Perhaps she took a running start
And climbed a big old palm
To have herself some breakfast
Or was it lunch, or dinner?
Perhaps it was a midnight snack
In short, some sort of nom.
Then what happened?
Just then, a fox ran by her
Or tried but didn't make it
Was it an ostrich full of gloom?
Unless it wasn't gloom…
Perhaps it was a janitor
Who went to breathe some country air
And also look for hazel twigs
To make a nice new broom?
"My dear crow, I dare say -
Unless you are a doggy -
But even for a moo-cow,
You are a work of art!
You have such lovely feathers
A massive rack (of antlers)
Such slim and slender tootsies
And such a giving heart!
But caw us a cantata
Or bark for us a ballad
Or simply moo melodiously -
It's what a cow would do
And then a great big saddle
A carpet and a TV
You'd surely be awarded
Without too much ado!
The crow was flattered silly
Unless it was a doggy
It could have been...
A HIPPO!!
And she began to sing
Cock a doodle doo!
Which meant her beak was open
Unless it was her dog-snout
Or else her bovine muzzle
In short, the cheese was dropped
Right on the fox's noggin
Why you throwing stuff?!
Unless it was the ostrich's
Or no, it was the janitor
Who on the head got bopped!
The moral of this fable
Unless it's not a fable
Not just a clever adult
A toddler could decode:
No loitering, no frolicking,
No singing and no dancing
In a construction area
With a suspended load!
That's all!
Screenwriter and director: Aleksandr Tatarskiy
Art director: Igor Kovalyov Music: Grigoriy Gladkov
Camera operator: Ernst Gaman Sound operator: Nelli Kudrina
Artists: Yelena Kosareva A. Raspopov
Singers: Leonid Bronevoy Aleksandr Levenbuk
L. Shimelov, Grigoriy Gladkov Alyosha Pavlov
Editor: Lyubov Georgiyeva
Script editor: Valeriya Konovalova
Production director: L. Varentsova
THE END
Subs by axmxz (song 3), Niffiwan (songs 1 & 2, helped by neo1024 & Stanley Diev)