What a beautiful little film. Really obviously a labour of love. Can't think of a better narrator for it than Tom Waits- just a perfect choice for telling such a weird, crooked, bittersweet story.

I would listen to anything narrated by Tom Waits!🥰

@starrychloe

3 жыл бұрын

He is a great devil in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnasus. Also his song plays on Enron documentary.

@jesajalauscher5168

2 жыл бұрын

He might read out a phone book.. I'd listen with pleasure.

Fantastic work! The story is similar to Italo Calvino's "The Distance of the Moon": "Climb up on the Moon? Of course we did. All you had to do was row out to it in a boat and, when you were underneath, prop a ladder against her and scramble up. The spot where the Moon was lowest, as she went by, was off the Zinc Cliffs. We used to go out with those little rowboats they had in those days, round and flat, made of cork. They held quite a few of us: me, Captain Vhd Vhd, his wife, my deaf cousin, and sometimes little Xlthlx - she was twelve or so at that time. On those nights the water was very calm, so silvery it looked like mercury, and the fish in it, violet-colored, unable to resist the Moon’s attraction, rose to the surface, all of them, and so did the octopuses and the saffron medusas. There was always a flight of tiny creatures - little crabs, squid, and even some weeds, light and filmy, and coral plants - that broke from the sea and ended up on the Moon, hanging down from that lime-white ceiling, or else they stayed in midair, a phosphorescent swarm we had to drive off, waving banana leaves at them."

@joshc6569

3 жыл бұрын

It's a while since I read it, but I think it's similar right down to the sad twist at the end. Amazed they didn't say inspired from Italo Calvino's 'distance of the moon' in the credits.

@RandomAmbles

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshc6569 I agree. It borders on downright theft!

@RandomAmbles

3 жыл бұрын

This is actually the *second* musical stop-motion rendition of the story I've seen! The first is Bombay Bicycle Club's video for How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep, which is more loosely adapted but even better than this.

@garybarwin

3 жыл бұрын

true--Moon milk, a musician, a deaf character, a captain, etc.

@scotchfaster

3 жыл бұрын

@@RandomAmbles IMO, it is theft. Which absolutely sucks - I love Waits and Calvino both, and I even love this film, but it's Calvino's story with only a few minor changes. Not giving Calvino credit is just inexplicable and unforgivable. BOO

Once in a while, with the most auspicious of conjunctions, you get thrown a crab; and what a magnificent beast this one is!

Cindy Crawford received a Thank You and Blair Jackson a nod as a Kickstarter contributor; good for them!

My favorite Italo Calvino story!

What an astonishing labor of love! And I could listen to Tom Waits read the phone book and be transfixed.........

@cd6356

3 жыл бұрын

Agree 😉👍💞👏

I loved it! I love Tom Waits, he is the most intriguing person in the world to me!

Italo Calvino's story 'Distance to the Moon'

Tom is the finest of wines. He's always been good but then he just gets better and better.

I really loved this, Tom has such a great narrating voice x

This is lovely, and I love that it was narrated by Tom Waits, but please credit Italo Calvino's "The Distance of the Moon" as the inspiration in the credits.

@ezramalzbender7934

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, can't even find credit on the website of the film.

@kmhorrorbiz8706

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that myself. A rather strange omission.

@usagiwerd6664

Жыл бұрын

I agree but this version is much better than the inspiration maybe they did not want to connect themselevs to such a pointless story such as that one

@anitaraggini7695

Жыл бұрын

is it from le cosmicomiche ?

i’m so freaking glad tom waits exists!

That was one of, if not the most sublimes things I’ve ever watched. Bravo!

Can we finally agree as a collective that accordions are cool yet?

@themizaru

3 жыл бұрын

“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.” T.W

@ProfittNoel77

3 жыл бұрын

Anything Tom does is cooler than an Inuits nose....

@vonjunzt4130

3 жыл бұрын

they CAN be cool, but also not so much.

@puppenbuhnebauchkribbeln1183

3 жыл бұрын

Sure, they are 👌🏼

@bensheppard8182

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who says otherwise has clearly never listened to The Kongos.

This was lovely but I honestly would listen to anything as long as Tom Waits is narrating it ;D

Was this from the Italo Calvino story? Brilliant!

Absolutely awesome story and stop action animation!!!!!! Well worth the many years you must have put into its creation. Sure to be a classic!! Tom Waits is the perfect narrator. gb

Love the wind blowing on the hair, amazing work!

That this is so so so so nice, it only makes it hurt more than Calvino isn't mentioned once! Wtf man. Is there some reason the original story wasn't acknowledged? It would only bring more viewers to this, a wider audience. Attribution is only respectful and doesn't detract from the quality of this wonderful film. I see it mentioned on the Vimeo page of the video, but again - wow.

Wonderful... wonderful little short.

Unbelievably so very goooood.....

Tom Waits turns in another piece of perfection...

That was absolutely wonderful!....Thank you to all involved, I will show my kids. They will love this!

How beautiful.

This gave me the warm feeling i was searching for... thanks

This is a truly lovely film! Thank you for sharing it.

Amazing. Loved it. Tom has such a great distinctive voice.

This is my niece and nephew's favorite bedtime story

Wow, beautiful! I love Tom's narration

the beauty of puppetry. thank you for that

I think this was hidden on KZread until 1-2 days ago!!!!! Maybe Tom had hidden it until now for some reason....

@starrychloe

3 жыл бұрын

I was really wondering how I have not seen it yet nor has it been recommended to me yet!

Waits use of language is inspiring and makes me laugh too.

Bravo! to all involved... and special thanks to Tom 👌😎

Why does this only have 3k views? So good...

"Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing." - Thomas Alan Waits (A famous native Californian from a middle-class family)

This is great !

Epic...THANK you Tom, once more!!! And as a puppeteer I praise your choice of visuals, for sure 🤩👌🏼 Brilliant ARTwork !!!

Tom Waits.....the VOICE!!!

Really enjoyed watching this while sitting under the Milk Moon (March 29,2021) lovely alchemist tale of a psychedelic kind ♥️Tom Waits

I love this except for the fact there is absolutely no mention of the fact that it is definitely a take on Italo Calvino's short story. I love Tom Waits and don't blame him since he is he is just the narrator, but someone should at least credit the story.

Damn, that was good.

Watching this for the first time was a neat way to start the day.

really nice. Still kinda odd not to mention Calvino somewhere

Fantastically weird. I love it.

I can't believe that now is when I found this.

Beautiful Work.

Wow...wonderful...congrats...!!!!!

fookin' amazing

Very cool, and charming.

The greatest thing on You Tube.

oh, do ya know, i thought it wasnt possible to like Tom any more than I already did, but I do ! :)

Amazing!

Yes!

Pure Genius ;)

My god that was amazing and inspiring

This is where lockdown has taken me; and I don't mind.

Magical.

Great stuff Thanks

Beautiful and amazing skillz of stop motion animation and musicpoetry 🥰really 💯👏💞🌝🌌🌠

Precious

Wow.

This was fantastic

Sad and beautiful world

The best godam thing I've seen on the interwebs today.

The funk music in the background killed it for me

@williamcole960

3 жыл бұрын

like in a bad way? lol

Happy moon festival all

So that's why we went there...

Shivering truth

What a terribly wonderful story.

Very nice! :)

Italo Calvino

Tom is the king.

really great

This is wonderful. Too bad I never got my perk for supporting it on Kickstarter.

I loved it but I think the music could be a bit quieter so I can hear Tom

Not the best stop-motion ever but still quirky and interesting. Reminds me a little of ''Mary and Max'', which I highly recommend.

this is real good shit. this is the content i'm here for

Cool

Fuckin awesome. Im guessing that was the whole thing. I thought it was just a trailer.

Also watch the movie Upside Down (2012).

Please credit inspired by Italo Calvino, "Cosmicomics- the Distance of the Moon"!

🎉 magic🎉

Way to go Phil Tippette and his crew

All I can say is shit fire and save matches. That was good!

Don't have time to watch it now, but saving it for after work today. Question, though: is this really a trailer for a longer film? Or is this the complete short film?

@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177

3 жыл бұрын

nah trailers aren't 12 minutes long. this is mislabeled.

Great 'fairy' tale!

cool

Muito bom

👏👏👏👏👏

AWESOME THIS WE NOT PROMOTING IN HOLLYWOOD!! thanks an rockOn!

Why didn't I know Tom waits had a youtube channel???

@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177

3 жыл бұрын

most singers do because they're set up by their record labels.

Woah!!! And whats the name of the song at the end??

You Win 😁

Where can I find more Tom waits stuff like this?

how the fuck this doesnt have enough views?

Has this been released yet? For sale somewhere?

Kind of sounds like Miller from the Expanse

🌕

🙂