Steamed Hams but it was banned in the USSR

Steamlyannaya Hamonika (1968) depicts the isolation and brutalization of humans in modern bourgeois society. Although being broadly in line with other art-as-propaganda of the era, censors felt it could easily be read as a criticism of the party, leaving this subversive short as the only animated film to be banned in the Soviet Union.

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[erililil]

This is the kind of thing you see on TV once as a kid and then it gets stuck in your head and you don’t know if it was real or a dream.

[Eich-für-Deutschland]

"It's a regional dialect"
"What region?"
"The caucuses"
"Well I'm from Ossetia and I've never heard anyone say that"
"No it's a Chechen expression"

[joddle]

i love how skinner just opens his mouth and creaks like a rusty hinge

[colorfulstone]

the episode was so banned to the point where the only voice actors they could afford were chairs, who could only screech when dragged on the floor

[DefinitiveDubs]

Steamed Hams has transcended being a meme and has become an artistic movement.

[AbhNormal]

For those who don’t know, the title «Stimlyannaya Khamonika» is a parody of the 1968 surrealist stop-motion film Glass Harmonica or «Steklyannaya Garmonika», which was the first animated film to be banned by state film censors in the USSR. This whole video is essentially a tribute to that era of Soyuzmultfilm animation.

[zeusalternative]

This is has the vibe of an obscure cartoon that would traumatize a young child who will start one of the biggest lost media searches to confirm that this was not a dream.

[thvarebel]

Khalmerzka: "You call pyetties burgers despite fact they are in fact fermented fish."
Skininsky: "You dare question food bearing seal of approval from Komrade Stalin?!"

[Me-obkb]

“Why is there smoke coming oven Seymour?”
*metal scraping noise*
“I see.”

[maximk]

As someone who grew up in 1980s USSR, this is very authentic to some weird cartoons that showed up during that time. The fact that they don't talk and carpet on the wall 🤌

[mr.wiggles]

For anyone else that was wondering, the animation takes homage from Andrei Khrzhanovsky's 1968 animation "Glass Harmonica", notoriously the first animation that was banned in the USSR.
Beautiful work you did here as well!

[Matt_Avgeek]

I feel like they'd ban it because they'd interpret 1:00 and onward to speak about the life in, and possibly escaping to the west

[wayzerz]

I can’t believe we’re at this point with steamed hams parodies now. Legitimately incredible

[ErikaHartmann]

As someone who grew up in the former USSR I can surely feel the uncanny semblance to late USSR animation. It's so well-done that one might mistake it for a genuine Soviet animation. Amazing job!

[MelchiorPhilips]

This is an actually wonderful piece of animation. I commend your determination to your overly elaborate and artful shitposts.

[JC-oqex]

The formal attire and Chalmers base design really makes this seem like it could have really been made back then. He looks like your standard party leader lol

[shecklesmack]

This is like something I would have seen as a kid in the 90’s on a public access channel at some ungodly, sleepless hour that I would years later recall and wonder if I imagined the whole thing. It’s perfect.

[dymaxion]

I like this a lot! The german expressionist one gets points for being live action, but this one is on another level of creativity. I feel like the contrast here is way more evident: it’s in a very authentic old style, but the characters are obviously Chalmers and Skinner, plus an appearance of Krusty. The complete lack of dialogue really helps as well. Also, I love how the fire truck was not only included, but made just as jarring as it is in the original. I don’t know why it’s like that, but this replicates it perfectly.

[Storyograph]

So many style-parodies fall short of feeling authentic to the original. But not this one. If I wasn't familiar with Steamed Hams, I would have thought this was really from 1968 USSR! Amazing work! I don't know how you captured the textures so well.

[Tor-Erik]

Jesus, this is so accurate. I remember as a kid that I saw this style of animation and never understood it's insanity with lack of sound effect. Just pure devilish music.