The Joy of Living / La Joie de Vivre

animated cine-dance by Anthony Gross and Hector Hoppin
1934

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• The
• Joy
• of
• Living

[Garramedia]

In my not very modest opinion I say that this is the best animated short film ever made. That's it!

[jeannec1]

This seem so stylish and ahead of its time; it's always interesting to see gems like these. Even some of the comical cartoons like Felix The Cat had achieved a brand of humor that people are still trying to embrace today.

[GroteB]

@bcurran5 Maybe it was Rebecca Black's grandmother and she didn't know which seat to take?

[ovan016]

i think the reason they switched places on the bike was because the girl with the black hairs hair would get lost in translation with the mans coat.

[3investigators]

Wonderful. Timeless animated short. Thank you for sharing.

[RetroToledo]

@regomarliam You learn many things when you look into this stuff.

[Germancest]

if you check in the last sequence (in the bicycle) the girl of the back seat is in the front xD

[bcurran5]

it grabs you doesn't it. something about these old surrealistic films,especially the animated ones. has anyone else noticed that right at the end the two girls on his bike magically switch places,i didn't even notice that until i watched it around the 10th time,really observant aren't i? it wouldn't have made any difference to me which girl was on the front or back,because they were obviously magical nymphs or something they could probably have done alot of that kind of stuff.

[Emeraldbarton]

I like the plot

[cvvvvvvvvvvv]

Ces sont des vrais déssin animés . Y no mamadas.