Padal Proshlogodnij Sneg, w/ English subtitles (pt 2)

[quickthunder86]

Садальский просто гений, оба голоса - рассказчика и главного героя - просто незабываемы.

[Listvichechka]

в конце я плакала...

[terrymation]

again, great stuff!

[AxmxZ]

@terrymation Glad you like it!

[terrymation]

@AxmxZ glad you posted it -thumbs up-

[CrashNicker]

Great cartoon, *awesome* translation. Although I have an own version of a 'colloquial' translation for the magic wand moment: "Oh, what's this?! Seems like it's made of nut!" - "The nutt is actually you.", although I dunno if it's family-friendly XD

[AxmxZ]

@CrashNicker Hm, that's not bad. Problem is, I don't think people will immediately understand what "I think it's made of nut" means - 'nut' associated far too firmly with actual food rather than the tree that produces it, moreso than 'orehovyj' in Russian.

[CrashNicker]

@AxmxZ Well, then maybe 'nut tree' for the first one.

[AxmxZ]

@CrashNicker I guess. I like my version because it actually translates what's being said: within that dialogue, "your noggin is wood" is probably the closest rendering, in colloquial English, of the phrase "eto golovushka u tebya derevyannaya."

[CrashNicker]

@AxmxZ Yeah, it has the closest translation, I won't even argue on this. Although the "nutt" version somehow popped itself in my head :D

[AxmxZ]

@CrashNicker Out of curiosity, why do you write "nut" with two 't's? :)

[CrashNicker]

@AxmxZ Well, because the word changes its' meaning depending on if you write it with one 'T' or two, so... I guess that was done for the hell of it XD

Oh well. I love the way you played with all the catchphrases here.

[AxmxZ]

@CrashNicker I don't think I've ever seen "nut" written with two t's, regardless of meaning.

[CrashNicker]

@AxmxZ Well, at least that's how I remember.

[FandSproduction]

That was interesting to watch. I liked the animation and comedic narration.

[Saturnome]

Wow, that was crazy and I think I can't understand a half of it (I can hear rhymes or wordplay, and the picture is so busy it's hard to read the subs) but I loved it. Soviet animation is full of gems. I wish I could get them in good copies I could keep forever.

[Niffiwan]

Strange how it ends with the crow hugging the poor guy. The wacky fairy tale turns sober at the end.

[AxmxZ]

@Niffiwan It really does. And that music definitely haunted me as a kid. The main character seems fundamentally traumatized by the experience, which is unexpectedly realistic for a fairy tale.

[Niffiwan]

@AxmxZ This structure reminds me a bit of Nosyrev's "Laughter and Grief by the White Sea" (Смех и горе у Бела Моря). Like this, it starts with light jesting and ends with the sublime.

[AxmxZ]

@Niffiwan Yes, but it's more remarkable here - after all, there's no "grief" a priori intended here, just slapstick and banter...

[Niffiwan]

@AxmxZ Neither is there in Nosyrev's film, I think. Most of the film is very funny comedy, and the soberness comes unexpected in the last story (even if you noticed the title, you would've forgotten about it by then).

Anyway, this is silly. They're both genius films. I just wanted to point out that this is a very effective kind of arc that I've seen every so often in Russian art, but never in the West (to my knowledge). A more common arc there seems to be starting somber and becoming wacky.