Presto: The Chaotically Witty Man vs. Rabbit “Carrot War”
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“Presto” is a 2009 Academy Awards Nominee for the Best Animated Short Film. The film’s story line is a salute to the classic screen comedies of the silent era, where a forgetful magician named Presto is undone by the forces of nature, in this case by his toothy white rabbit collaborator. When the rabbit angrily takes charge of the magic act, delirious chaos is unleashed on stage. "Presto" is the one nominee that most incorporates the charm of old-fashioned cartoons, both cinematically and because of its childlike sensibilities.
In “Presto,” a late 1900s illusionist named Presto DiGiotagione is renowned for his special hat trick, in which he pulls his rabbit Alec out of his magic formal top hat. The short film begins with a view of Alec who has been left to languish in a locked cage looking hungry and unhappy, yet unable to eat a nearby carrot that is just out of his reach.
Alec finally decides that he can’t take Presto’s abuse any longer and rebels by giving the magician a big dose of his own mean-spirited medicine. He cleverly turns the hat’s magic against his master-magician in a number of painful and humiliating ways, including: having Presto get attacked by a ladder, get electrocuted, be thrown up to the rafters and having his clothes torn off (among other comic tortures).
The audience that had come to see a magic show finds all of these antics uproariously funny, responding with wild applause for both Alec and Presto. All is seemingly forgiven by the end of the film, when Presto gives Alec the carrot (and many more), as well as second billing on the poster advertisements for the show.
This piece includes a number of colorful photographs, as well as the Academy Award Nominated Animated Short, “Presto.”
In “Presto,” a late 1900s illusionist named Presto DiGiotagione is renowned for his special hat trick, in which he pulls his rabbit Alec out of his magic formal top hat. The short film begins with a view of Alec who has been left to languish in a locked cage looking hungry and unhappy, yet unable to eat a nearby carrot that is just out of his reach.
Alec finally decides that he can’t take Presto’s abuse any longer and rebels by giving the magician a big dose of his own mean-spirited medicine. He cleverly turns the hat’s magic against his master-magician in a number of painful and humiliating ways, including: having Presto get attacked by a ladder, get electrocuted, be thrown up to the rafters and having his clothes torn off (among other comic tortures).
The audience that had come to see a magic show finds all of these antics uproariously funny, responding with wild applause for both Alec and Presto. All is seemingly forgiven by the end of the film, when Presto gives Alec the carrot (and many more), as well as second billing on the poster advertisements for the show.
This piece includes a number of colorful photographs, as well as the Academy Award Nominated Animated Short, “Presto.”
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lj111
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good post--i like it.
- 2 years ago
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