Put aside 14 minutes and Terry Gilliam, the legendary Monty Python animator, will show you how to make your own cutout animations. Gilliam started out his career as an animator, then moved to England and joined up with Monty Python’s Flying Circus. For years, he worked as the group’s animator, creating the opening credits and distinctive buffers that linked together the offbeat comedy sketches.
If you’ve never taken a good look at his work, you will want to spend some time with The Miracle of Flight from 1974, or this animated sequence, Story Time, from 1968. (Both appear in the “Animation” section of our big collection of Free Movies Online. Be sure to scroll down the page.)
For more great DIY videos from the same period, there’s definitely one you shouldn’t miss – Jim Henson’s 15 Minute Primer on Puppet Making, shot back in 1969, not long before he joined Sesame Street and forever changed puppeteering.
You can find the Henson and Gilliam clips, along with many other great vintage videos, in our collection of 275 Cultural Icons.
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Terry Gilliam is one of a kind. No one has ever been on the same page as the man.
The joy of the man with his cutouts is sheer inspiration. :)) Amazing Terry Gilliam, such a wonderful artist.