Secret Spot - John Lamb

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Secret Spot- 1974- First animated film by Laguna Beach artist John Lamb comprised of 2,200 watercolor drawings animated straight ahead. Premiered with "Forgotten Island of Santosha" at the South Coast Theatre in Laguna 1974. Hal Jepsen and Australian filmaker Chris Bystrom both licensed the short for "We Got Surf "and "Thunder Down Under". Also The character was then merchandised on Hang Ten skateboards and evolved into the 5 Summer Stories cartoon, Rocket 88, which took a more technical approach using celluloid acetate and psycadelic backgrounds. The worlds first AIR is captured in this short, preceding reality by 10 years at least. Chuck Jones (celebrity judge at a college film fest) quotes ..." I've lived in So. Cal my entire life and this is as close to surfing as I've ever gotten". all the original elements are amazingly still intact.

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Uploaded: August 14th, 2007 @ 9:01 am
Author: austinstein

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