Tup Tup Explained

Tup Tup
Director:Nedeljko Dragić
Producer:Nedeljko Dragić[1]
Music:Tomica Simović
Studio:Zagreb Film
Runtime:10 minutes
Country:SFR Yugoslavia
Language:none

Tup Tup is a 1972 Yugoslav animated short by Nedeljko Dragić at Zagreb Film animation studio, in cooperation with Corona Cinematografica in Italy.

Plot

A man is trying to go to sleep but a noise keeps him up. In the process of trying to stop the noise, he exposes a bizarre mixture of sounds and images.[2]

Accolades

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film,[3] but lost to Richard Williams' take on A Christmas Carol.[4]

Reception and legacy

In a 2020 poll among 38 Croatian film critics, Tup tup was ranked as the third best Croatian animated film ever, behind Dušan Vukotić's Academy Award-winning Surogat and Zdenko Gašparović's Satiemania.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl5FOhRoQRg Short Film Winners: 1973 Oscars
  2. http://oddballfilms.blogspot.com/2016/05/visions-of-dystopia-thurs-june-2nd-8pm.html Oddball Films:Visions of Dystopia - Thurs. June 2nd - 8PM
  3. Web site: Dragić, Nedeljko . . . 31 January 2019 . Zagreb . hr.
  4. https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1973 1973|Oscars.org
  5. News: Kritičari izabrali najbolji domaći igrani film svih vremena, pogledajte tko je ušao u top 10!. Jutarnji list. 24 November 2020. Hina. 1 April 2021.