Tag: Yuri Norstein

Soviet Film Wednesday: Children and Matches

Yuri Norstein gives us a clever public service message in this 1969 short cutout animation, Children and Matches.

The Pear-Green Apple: A Meditation on Yuri Norstein’s ‘Tale of Tales’

Why I Love Tale of Tales I recently featured Yuri Norstein’s animation Tale of Tales for Soviet Film Wednesday, and this week I would like to take some time to delve into my thoughts on this epic film, which has been voted the “Greatest Animation Film of All Time” by an international jury. It is …

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