Animation, Art, and Other Shiny Things
Trying to get out of the weather and grit of the city a hungry fox wanders into The Henhouse Diner. This award winning short by Elena Pomares is beautifully drawn and has an understated humor throughout.
This film explores the fears and loneliness faced by ‘latchkey children’. A small girl stands alone in the pouring rain; she falls asleep on the sofa. Even in her dreams the little girl finds herself wandering about in a labyrinth of endless doors and walls.
From Playground Studio, directed by Lin Jung-Hsien.
From “Weird Al” Yankovic‘s album Straight outta Lynwood. Animated by Bill Plympton.
I had a wonderfully eccentric Grandmother. A short, fire-plug shaped woman who taught me how to use the local bus system. Most of the time, though, she herself walked. All over the north end of Seattle you could find her puttering along with her collapsible pull-basket which was often full of books. Sometimes she’d bring home flowers from her walks. Always a neighbor’s flowers, but she was careful so no one ever showed up at the door.
She taught me the power of omission. She was that kind of Grandma. The kind of grandparent I want to be, with a big dash of this grandfather…
Simple shapes, simple movement, simple idea, simply riveting.
Director Renaud Hallee’s first venture into animation, Sonar, has been described as a perfect example of ‘how to listen to music with your eyes’.
This award winning animation is beautifully done and adds an ominous atmosphere to a tensely macabre tale.
Released in 2009, Dreamworks was quick to begin production on a full-length feature based on this short and, as of June 2012, things are moving right along on it.
This is a track from the self-titled album Storm Corrosion, a collaboration between Porcupine Tree‘s Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth. According to Wilson, this album is supposed to be the completion of a trilogy which includes the Opeth album Heritage and Wilson’s solo work Grace for Drowning. (both excellent albums imho)
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