If your a fan of comedy legend Seth MacFarlene you know the guy loves cartoons. Considering he's the showrunner of some of the biggest adult cartoon shows in history that's no surprise, but if you take a look deeper into his oeuvre his appreciation of the art form is apparent in almost everything he touches. Macfarlane got his start working for Hanna-Barbera before creating and voice acting in his long-running shows Family Guy and American Dad. Not to mention he's quite talented as a jazz singer and songwriter to bat. What may be oft overlooked due to the cruder nature of his comedy, MacFarlane is actually a super smart, super thoughtful guy. Recently, he worked with Martin Scorsese's archival film project to help restore classic cartoon short films from 1920 to 1940 that otherwise could have been lost.We were lucky enough to see this shorts block screened at TCM this weekend where Macfarlane introduced the shorts and talked a bit about the restoration process a bit before. Check out the intro below!Seth MacFarlane Introducing Restored Animated Shorts at TCM Your browser does not support the video tag. Seth Macfarlane on why he chose these films to restore:"It's it's it's high art in so many cases. And particularly when it comes to animation, you know, there's there's a there's a philosophy that I think Scorsese you mentioned this at one point.I maybe attributed it to him at some point. I think it was him that said, look, you know, if there's...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 23 April