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Zlatko Bourek (2)
Zlatko Bourek
Born in Zagreb in 1923, Zlatko Bourek worked on dozens of animated films as a set painter, designer and director between 1956 and 2015. As director, he is credited for nine films, including Dancing Songs (1966), Schooling (1970) and Wiener Blut (2015), and he also painted backgrounds for the cult animated TV series Professor Balthazar (1967–1978). Bourek directed the short film Love Story (00:26:07–00:28:53) for the NFB and Zagreb Film’s omnibus work Man the Polluter.
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MAN THE POLLUTERDon Arioli , Hugh Foulds , … 1972 52 minA film that enlarges on humanity’s capacity to foul its own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Croatian animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humour, imagination, movement and design. It consists of 14 shorts, as well as comical segments—played by actors—that introduce and serve as transitions between the animated pieces. The film comments on our responsibility, on a global scale, to conserve what is left of our vital resources and usable environment. -
Man: The PolluterDon Arioli , Hugh Foulds , … 1973 53 minThis feature-length animation is a richly illustrated cartoon film with an environmental message: how much longer can humans foul their own nest and ignore the consequences? Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humour, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences, Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Montreal’s Concordia University, comments on the importance of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources.
