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Last night we went to UCLA to see some films of Ladislaw Starewicz with LIve music from the Tin Hat Trio.

Starewicz is credited for being one of the inventors of stop-motion animation. He was an entomologist, who wanted to film a documentary about bugs but found the lights of his equipment would burn and kill them. So he devised ways to articulate dead insects to mimic their real life movements - of course, then he realized he could do a lot more with this art form and made short films featuring bugs and frogs as lead characters, complete with tiny sets and props.

It was an awsome experience, especially with live music and follie. They hope to put this on DVD and I hope they succeed. This stuff is a must for anyone who loves the animation art form.