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IdIots And AnGeLs
Mon 4tH MAY
5.30PM
director: bill
Plympton
Bill Plympton is probably best In these days of 3D CG animation
Runtime: 78mins
known for his political cartoons and it is refreshing to see an original
Year: 2008,
animated shorts that are instantly hand-drawn animation. In this
country: UsA
recognisable from their distinctive almost dialogue-free, macabre Language: English
style and sardonic humour. pantomime, it is Plympton’s unique,
Format: Digibeta
metamorphosing artwork and
Source: Plympton
Idiots and Angels, Plympton’s fifth
studios
visual storytelling, which plays out
feature-length animation, is a moral
like a subversive, adult version of
tale of good overcoming evil. The
The Snowman, that captures the
protagonist is a gun-running, booze-
imagination and keeps the viewer
swilling, cigarette-puffing arsehole
engrossed in this battle between
who gets pleasure from causing
man’s lower nature and his inevitable
others misery. One morning he wakes
salvation.
up with wings growing out of his back
that force him to do good deeds. No This is truly filmmaking as an art
matter how he tries to get rid of the form and should not be missed.
wings, or fight against them, he can’t
overcome their power of good.
However, he is soon pursued by those
who want the wings for their own
nefarious ends.
THE 8
TH
LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASTIC FILM 29 APRIL – 4 MAY 2009 13
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