Surogat
{{Short description|1961 animated film by Dušan Vukotić}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Surogat
| director = Dušan Vukotić
| producer =
| writer = Rudolf Sremec
| music = Tomica Simović
| cinematography = Zlatko Sacer
| editing =
| color_process = Eastmancolor
| studio = Herts-Lion
Zagreb Film
| distributor = Herts-Lion
Gelt Ventures
| released = {{Film date|1961|12|31}}
| runtime = 10 minutes
| country = Yugoslavia
| budget =
}}
Surogat{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film989911.html |title=The Substitute (S) (1961) |access-date=15 April 2024 |via=FilmAffinity}} (known in English as Ersatz and The Substitute) is a 1961 Yugoslavian animated comedy short film by Croatian director Dušan Vukotić, produced by Zagreb Film, then a Yugoslav film production company. The film is also known by several other names in other languages: Cyррогат, Der Ersatz, Le Succēdanē and Surrogatto.[https://mubi.com/films/ersatz MUBI]
Plot
A man takes a trip to the beach and every object he brings with him, no matter how unlikely, is inflatable.
Reception and legacy
The film won an Academy Award for Short Subjects (Cartoons) in 1962.[http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/art.html Croatian Art] © by Darko Zubrinic, Zagreb (1995)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSgkVjsq3no Short Film Winners: 1962 Oscars][https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-indie-animation-won-its-first When Indie Animation Won Its First Oscar|Animation Obsessive][https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1962 1962|Oscars.org]
It was featured in animation historian Jerry Beck's The 50 Greatest Cartoons, where it appears one of 57 "Other Great Cartoons" that did not qualify for the main list but had nonetheless received "a substantial number of votes" as honorable mentions.{{cite book |title=The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals |date=1994 |publisher=Turner Publishing, Inc. |isbn=9781878685490 |editor=Beck, Jerry |location=Atlanta}} The Academy Film Archive preserved Ersatz in 2012.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=ersatz&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}
According to David Silverman, animator and producer for The Simpsons, the character designs for the in-show cartoon "Worker and Parasite", in the episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled", were based on Surogat.{{Cite twitter |number=509478568196194304 |user=tubatron |title=Worker & Parasite was based on Surogat (aka Ersatz) - 1961, dir. Dusan Vukotic, (won Oscar, 1st non US anim win) |first=David |last=Silverman |author-link=David Silverman (animator) |date=9 September 2014 |access-date=15 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410213505/https://twitter.com/tubatron/status/509478568196194304 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |url-status=live |url=https://twitter.com/tubatron/status/509478568196194304}} Simpsons creator Matt Groening said "Worker and Parasite" was one of his favorite moments from the show.Groening, Matt. (2004). DVD commentary for "Krusty Gets Kancelled", in The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|id=u59XkVwL1Sk|title=Surogat}}
- Surogat on the Internet Archive
- {{IMDb title|0054854|Surogat}}
- [https://archive.org/details/1962ErsatzSurogat Full cartoon] archive.org
{{AcademyAwardBestAnimatedShortFilm 1961–1980}}
Category:1961 animated short films
Category:Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
Category:Animated films without speech
Category:Films directed by Dušan Vukotić
Category:Yugoslav animated short films
Category:Croatian animated short films