Tom Waits For No One - Animated 1979 ... John Lamb

Tom Waits performed in 1978 live at the La Brea stage in Hollywood, photographed and rotoscoped.The original live action was shot with 5 cameras - 2 high, 2 low and one hand held.. shot by Dan O'Dowd and crew..The music from "The One That Got Away" blared in the background as Tom sang the lyrics. Donna Gordon is the dancer performing as the stripper, 6 takes and 13 hours of video footage were edited to make a 5 1/2 minute live action short which we turned into animation. A total of 5,500 frames were captured, re-drawn, inked and painted by hand onto celluloid acitate to create this film. Produced by Lyon Lamb Video Animation Systems and directed by John Lamb, the film bore some cool new technology and talent ..and was created specifically for a burgeoning video music market that didn't yet exist and arguably may be the first music video created for the MTV market.However, a series of unfortunate events prohibited the film from ever
being released or sold commercially, consequently catapulting it into obscurity.
In 1979, an Academy Award was presented to Lyon Lamb for the technology used in this short.
More about this amazing lost film can be found @ ....TomWaitsLibrary.com and Wikipedia.

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  Film & Animation

[deewkay1]

Tom Waits finally was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's about f**kin time. I'm not saying Tom is the best Rocker ever but there is no one else like him. He is one of a kind and we are richer for having him. Keep Rockin Tom, Show them how it's done...

[cravinbob]

Some things under heaven are just cooler than hell

[mars37us]

You and every fortysomething misses this era; And for me, with each year passes the more out of place I feel in this world.

[dantesinporno]

Tom Waits is so badass it produces a smell.

[Janeandhound]

beats out the beatniks ...

[CounterfeitDogz]

My God what a beautiful video clip, do I ever miss this era.

[SkullBoySnafu]

A classic work of hand drawn animation....

If you're fascinated by the art of short film...

this is a short you should be aware of, regardless of taste

[heretichick]

Great concept. The rendering of the animation, not my taste really. To...flat and the movement has this awkwardness. I understand it's rotoscoped. I was never a fan of the technique to these types of ends.

A full length animated film to accompany a Waits' album like Small Change or Blood Money, that would be cool.

[Sunniest Moon]

i am great mastered life