Toonhound - Murun Buchstansangur (1984)

    Murun Buchstansangur was an odd fellow. Quite apart from his odd name he
    was also very odd looking. He was a small grey onion-shaped man with a mop
    of hair and clog boots. He lived under the dirty kitchen sink of an end-terrace house
    in a rather dreary, rain-swept suburb. Murun didn't have adventures, as such, rather
    he found himself with dilemmas, events and decisions to ponder as he mooched     through the day with his friends and associates...

    Here was a curious, melancholic series, with esoteric ideas - something for the
    mind, perhaps, rather than the heart. The series felt like it had some hidden
    depth to it, something to say about the world, but quite what that something was
    was often magnificently unfathomable. What was Murun, exactly? What was he
    doing in that dreary house? Where were the owners, indeed, where were the
    normal-sized people in the town - Murun only ever seemed to meet up with
    people of similar small size. Most of all, though, what did it all mean?

   Murun obviously meant something to Channel Four because 52 episodes
    were commissioned by the station, and they were still being broadcast
    well into the 1990s...

    Bevanfield Films went on to bring us an animated version of Bill the Minder.
    and adapted Frank Muir's What-a-Mess. In the 1990s they produced several
    animated specials, including adaptations of Aladdin and Little Red Riding Hood.
    As well as these series and specials Timothy Forder also directed the 1993
    live-action feature The Mystery Of Edwin Drood. Murun Buchstansangur remains
    a fascinating oblique toon, one to track down and dissect for yourself....

      produced by Bevanfield Films for Channel Four

      producer:         Mary Swindale
      director:          Timothy Forder
      writer:             Timothy Forder
     prod co-ord:     Steve Flack
      animation:       Lys Flowerday, Anne Whitford
      paint & trace
       supervisor:      Janet Hawkins
      b'grounds:       Lys Flowerday
      artwork:          Hierographics
      rostrum:          Bob Skeggs
      sound:            Trevor Barber
      editors:           Mike Murray, Keith Brookshaw
      narrator:         Timothy Forder

    On the web

      Little Gems
      A curious creation gets a most-welcome page. The Gems have only
      detailed one episode thus far, but they promise more to come eventually.
      Plus there's the moody theme WAV for you. The Gems have also let me
      rejig that Murun image at the top of the page - thanks, Gems!...

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			Murun Buchstansangur (1984) producers: Bevanfield Films Ltd for C4 animation: cel animation episodes: 52 x 5mins
		Murun Buchstansangur was an odd fellow. Quite apart from his odd name he was also very odd looking. He was a small grey onion-shaped man with a mop of hair and clog boots. He lived under the dirty kitchen sink of an end-terrace house in a rather dreary, rain-swept suburb. Murun didn't have adventures, as such, rather he found himself with dilemmas, events and decisions to ponder as he mooched through the day with his friends and associates... Here was a curious, melancholic series, with esoteric ideas - something for the mind, perhaps, rather than the heart. The series felt like it had some hidden depth to it, something to say about the world, but quite what that something was was often magnificently unfathomable. What was Murun, exactly? What was he doing in that dreary house? Where were the owners, indeed, where were the normal-sized people in the town - Murun only ever seemed to meet up with people of similar small size. Most of all, though, what did it all mean? Murun obviously meant something to Channel Four because 52 episodes were commissioned by the station, and they were still being broadcast well into the 1990s... Bevanfield Films went on to bring us an animated version of Bill the Minder. and adapted Frank Muir's What-a-Mess. In the 1990s they produced several animated specials, including adaptations of Aladdin and Little Red Riding Hood. As well as these series and specials Timothy Forder also directed the 1993 live-action feature The Mystery Of Edwin Drood. Murun Buchstansangur remains a fascinating oblique toon, one to track down and dissect for yourself.... produced by Bevanfield Films for Channel Four producer: Mary Swindale director: Timothy Forder writer: Timothy Forder prod co-ord: Steve Flack animation: Lys Flowerday, Anne Whitford paint & trace supervisor: Janet Hawkins b'grounds: Lys Flowerday artwork: Hierographics rostrum: Bob Skeggs sound: Trevor Barber editors: Mike Murray, Keith Brookshaw narrator: Timothy Forder On the web Little Gems A curious creation gets a most-welcome page. The Gems have only detailed one episode thus far, but they promise more to come eventually. Plus there's the moody theme WAV for you. The Gems have also let me rejig that Murun image at the top of the page - thanks, Gems!... index » previous » next »
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