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Sunday 25 June
4.30pm
ACMI Cinema 2
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Comic book art and animation often work the same side of
the street. Both use drawings to capture and portray motion.
Both often make very inventive uses of the ‘frame’
their images are contained within. The best examples of
both normally thrive when their creators unleash their imaginations
and unashamedly break through the boundaries and limitations
that often restrict other artforms. And both are seriously
misunderstood by the wider public.
Some of these films pick up the classic comic book visual
style and put it up big’n’bold on the silver
screen. Other films are made by animators who are also accomplished
comic book artists. And others are animated adaptations
of comics or graphic novels. But the bottom line is to showcase
the wild, vibrant, sometimes violent – but enormously
fun & entertaining - crossroads at which these two amazing
artforms meet.
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All Caps
James Reitano, USA, 2002 >
2’45
ALL CAPS – or all capitals – is the classis 60’s
comic book written text style.
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Moron
Milo Waterfield, UK, 2005 > 4’00
Put-upon cartoon moron George goes wild after he is visited
by a weird moth. |
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Boom Boom
Boogie
Andy Leuenberger, Germany, 2005 > 4’30
As bold and wild as it gets. A single character design taken
to extremes.
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Ego Sum Alpha
& Omega
Jan-Peter Meier, Germany, 2005 > 7’00
Ego Sum swaggers & strides through a constantly evolving
world.
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Attack of
the Killer Robot
James Allchurch, UK, 2005 > 5’25
A good ol’ classic ‘monsters-rampage-through-city-with-lots-of-screaming’
film.
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Strip Search
Kevin Frostick, UK, 2000 > 4’10
Vinny from the funny page strikes some problems after suddenly
coming to life.
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La Processus
Phillipe Grammaticopoulos, France, 2001 > 6’30
A hunted, haunted individual forever at odds with mindless marching
horde.
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Murder Song
Radek Doskocil, Czech, 2005 > 3’75
Life & death? A music video pulled kicking & screaming
from a comic page.
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The Bastard
Dave Quion, USA, 2005 > 3’00
Wild & hand drawn! Mild mannered Johnny goes berzerk when
his computer crashes.
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Graphic Material
Evan Tapper, Canada, 2003 > 2’00
An artists tries to help a melancholy comic character with a
bit of a makeover.
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Tales Of Mere
Existence
Lev, USA, 2003 > 6’45
Simple observations animated in ‘real time’ by iconic
San Fran comic artist Lev.
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Jona / Tomberry
Rosto AD, Holland, 2004 > 12’30
A stunning, complex CG adaptation of Rosto’s own graphic
novel.
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Keep checking here for additions to this program - we're
going to put in as much as we can!
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Admission is restricted to 18+
IMPORTANT: Film classification
regulations do not allow us to admit any person under the
age of 18 years EXCEPT to the Kids
Animation 1 & Kids Animation
2.
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