A Grimm Brothers' Tale Retoldby Emanuele LuzzatiPantheon / Random House 1973Luzzati's retelling of the Grimm's "The Fisherman and His Wife" get overlaid with the Punch and Judy comedy of the hapless hunchback and his shrew of a wife. Not as opulent as some of Luzatti's other illustrations, the story melds the two stories fairly well until the end when it veers a little and the magic fish from
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retold and illustrated by Emanuele Luzzati Random House 1969 I don't remember when I first heard the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, but I'm guessing it was originally from a Fleischer Brothers cartoon. Maybe it was a retelling with Popeye the Sailor. I know it wasn't the only place I heard it, because it was one of those stories that was sort of assumed with popular culture. Everyone
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by Bill Martin, Jr.with pictures by Emanuele LuzzatiHolt, Rinehart and Winston 1970Much like last week's Martin/Luzzati collaboration, When It Rains.. It Rains is another small book that deals with repetition and familiarity to hold a young reader's attention. It didn't occur to me before, but these small books with their childlike illustrations and simple texts were precursors to the board
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The Magic Flute adapted and illustrated by Emanuele Luzzati (More examples of Luzzati's work can be seen here.)
Below is a short portion of the film version that Luzzati created with animator Giulio Gianini.
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Michael Sporn has posted about Emanuele Luzzati, the “Italian designer, who worked with Giulio Gianini in creating some wonderful animated cut-out films.”
Mr. Luzzati was also an author and illustrator. You can see examples of his illustration here.
Totally transfixed by the Pulcinella video, David. Thanks for posting it!
Happy to do so, Julie. Makes me long for the old International Tournée of Animation that I used to see on college campuses when I was a teen.