Relax, Float Upstream With Mike Judge’s ‘The Animation Show 4’

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CHICAGO – This modern golden age of animation proceeds to entertain and astound with each passing year. Mike Judge – the preeminent creator of cartoon legends “Beavis & Butt-Head” and “King of the Hill” – presents his latest compilation of the worldwide best in animated short films.

“The Animation Show 4” isn’t your daddy’s Bugs Bunny comfort food. It’s more like a banquet for sensory perception. In more than 20 unique world views that are disguised as animated shorts, a compendium of the absurd and the surreal nature of ourselves are exposed in hilarious and even touching ways.

A scene from an animated short in “The Animation Show 4”. Image credit: “The Animation Show 4”

Using stop-motion, line-drawing and computer-animation techniques, the creators of these shorts get inside the core of humanity’s foibles and often do more in seven minutes than many 120-minute, feature-length films can accomplish.

Read the full review for a rundown of our 10 honorable mentions and what not to miss among the short presentations within this 87-minute run. View our full slideshow from the film here.

Read Patrick McDonald’s full “The Animation Show 4” review.
View our full, high-resolution “The Animation Show 4” slideshow.

A scene from an animated short in “The Animation Show 4”. Image credit: “The Animation Show 4”