Tuesday's Forgotten Film: Where the Wind Blows

This week's Tuesday's Forgotten Film is a bit of a cheat for me, as I'm republishing a blog article I wrote way back in 2008, just a few months into the existence of the blog. I first saw this movie back in the late 80s/circa 1990 on Bravo, when it was a fine arts and culture channel instead of the trash it is now. Based on the illustrated book by the great Raymond Briggs, here's more on the film--and the film in its entirely--from my original 2008 article. Enjoy!

For more overlooked oeuvre, check out Todd Mason's blog here!

http://meandyouandablognamedboo.blogspot.com/2008/01/raymond-briggs-when-wind-blows.html

J. Caleb Mozzoco on the work of Raymond Briggs

Freelance writer J. Caleb Mozzocco writes the comics blog Every Day Is Like Wednesday, which is linked to in my blog list. This morning he published a post about writer and artist Raymond Briggs, author of books that were adapted into animation, The Snowman and Where the Wind Blows. In his article, Mozzocco lists how Briggs' work, although not usually comsidered to be comics, in fact are just that. Here is the great article:

http://everydayislikewednesday.blogspot.com/2008/08/some-of-raymond-briggs-childrens-books.html

I've never encountered Briggs' work in their original book form, but I'm now putting it on my list at my next library visit. Thanks Caleb!

Both of the above mentioned adaptations have been featured at my blog previously and can be found here:

http://meandyouandablognamedboo.blogspot.com/search?q=Raymond+Briggs

See you this weekend at the Saturday Matinee!