Archive for December, 2007
Le Paysagiste/Mindscape
Sunday, December 30th, 2007Jacques Drouin, 7:31—Both this week and last, we have decided to hook you up with exemplary films that also happen to live at two of the finer resources for animation on the web. Last week with Ah, L’amour, Hertzfeldt was brought to computer screens via The Animation Show, the web presence of the venerable traveling […]
Ah L’Amour
Monday, December 24th, 2007Don Hertzfeldt, 2:21—This gut-busting yet painfully honest animation showcases the horrific encounters of a genuine man’s quest to find love. His honest attempts to make friendly conversation with each encounter are ill-received, each woman bringing the attempt to a different brutally violent end. The common thread from commenters describe the film as, “both funny and […]
Puppet
Sunday, December 16th, 2007Dir: Patrick Smith, 6:31—A wickedly funny short, Puppet is the latest work from master animator Patrick Smith. He’s made a name for himself as a fine artist as well as an animator, and even did a work-for-hire stint as a director for MTV on the surprisingly refreshing Daria. His four previous short films (the surreal […]
Birdhouses
Sunday, December 9th, 2007dir: Sam Goetz, 14:44—When I was a young boy, I would gather every Saturday evening around the television for our weekly family tradition of watching “Hee Haw,” an hour of country music, down home silliness and simple family fun.
As I grew up, my musical tastes moved more toward The Ramones and The Dead Kennedys and, […]
Balance
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007dir: Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein, 7:23—A platform floats in a neutral space. Strange men, identical except for the numbers on their back, appearing as though out of some dystopian future, must work in concert to prevent the platform from tipping. The emergence of a strange box, a new development in this closed and sterile […]