While we’re riding the Francophile Express, here’s another Annecy opening short, this time from 2006, and again from the kids at Goeblins.

“Burning Safari” in high-res on Stage6.

The story doesn’t have the pathos and poignancy of the dramatic masterpiece that is Cocotte Minute, but the writer in the house notes that they both end the same way. The design, layout, and timing are likewise excellent. (I just noticed that the monkey looks quite a bit like Suzanne, the Blender monkey primitive. A callout?)

Speaking seriously for a second, the range of emotions is pretty small, and I think that hurts it a bit. “Cocotte Minute” cleverly pits two larger goals against each other: the chefs’ sadistic culinary competition versus the lead chicken’s poultry paradise; but in “Burning Safari” there’s only revenge versus not-revenge. The monkey gets two expressions, the other characters don’t have faces, and somehow it feels almost as empty as the Star Wars podracing scene.

Well, maybe not that bad.

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