December 08, 2008

Waltzing Blackflies

One thing that I always liked on tv when I was smaller was the Log Driver's Waltz. Much later came Blackfly, which is also a classic. Catchy, lots of interesting things to watch, just enjoyable.

It's a bit funny that the nfb is selling the shorts on dvd for 15 $... the clips are you youtube of course if you look on the official site in flash: Blackfly and Log Driver's Waltz. I just watched both sets and now I have a mix of the songs in my head...

For he goes birling down a-down the white water
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
In North On-tar-i-o-i-o, in North On-tar-i-o

Posted by jim at December 8, 2008 08:34 PM
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According to imdb.com, Christopher Hinton received an Oscar nomination for his animation work on Blackfly (1991).

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385975/

I had never seen it before, very funny :) ...and true!

Posted by: Ryan at December 10, 2008 09:24 AM

I was searching for the "White Knight" story, and came across your blog, did you ever find out who wrote the story or a link to it? would you mind reposting that info? thanks

Posted by: Joe at December 10, 2008 04:27 PM

NFB has flash videos: http://beta.nfb.ca/film/blackfly/

Posted by: Ryan at December 10, 2008 10:47 PM

Joe: unfortunately I don't have that info. I just email "Kim" that commented on that post but the account seems to be gone. I think that I had emailed at the time of the post as well, but it never got through.

Ryan: sweet! I'll update the post to link to the real source. :-D

Posted by: Jim at December 10, 2008 10:57 PM
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