Michael Robinson: Victory over the Sun

23.11.09
Michael Robinson, Victory over the Sun It having rained a lot so far this month is our (fairly flimsy) excuse for posting Michael Robinson’s majestic Victory Over the Sun, a meditation on irony, progress and loss which, among other things, asks viewers to take Guns ‘n’ Roses absurdly overblown ballad November Rain seriously. Snippets from a bunch more of Robinson’s films are viewable on his website, ...
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Max Hattler

23.11.09
Max Hattler APEngine talks to Max Hattler, director of Collision and Aanaatt, and master of the live re-mix. How did you come to start making films? I came across film really in a very random way. As a kid I was always drawing and painting. My dad’s a musician – he’s a bit famous in Germany – and I had this musical thing but never wanted to go ...
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Sparkle The Dark Up

22.11.09
Sparkle The Dark Up Date: 4 December 2009 | Location: Design Museum, London An evening of screenings and performances curated by Ranko Andjelic, Sparkle The Dark Up will celebrate experimental animation of all sorts while spreading a little off-key Christmas cheer. Screenings will run throughout the Design Museum as well as the outside of the building, and will feature recent and brand new work by some of the ...
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Peter Burr on Cartune Xprez

20.11.09
Hooliganship at Cartune Xprez APEngine talks to Peter Burr about the Cartune Xprez roadshow. What is Cartune Xprez? We’re an experimental animation project from Portland, Oregon. We organise screenings, exhibitions, publications, performance events and whatever combinations we can weave together around a youthful cartoon spirit. It started about four years ago in Pittsburgh with me, Christopher Doulgeris, and Cassandra C Jones. We were collaborating on a cartoon performance ...
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UK Film Council proposes ‘space and funding’ for experimental talent

19.11.09
UK Film Council Policy and Funding Priorities Consultation The UK Film Council has published a consultation document, inviting responses to its proposed priorities for 2010 – 2013. Encouragingly, there’s a proposal that they should “provide a new space and funding stream to support experimental filmmaking.” They don’t however define ‘experimental’, but that’s something they are likely to want to establish partly by way of the consultation ...
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Trailers From Hell

18.11.09
trailersfromhell.com Watching Lucio Fulci’s video nasty House by the Cemetery has inspired this nomination for Site of the Week. Trailers from Hell is a much respected resource for those who adore the cult classics of Grindhouse, Horror, Sci-Fi, Exploitation and B Movies. In the picture above, special effects make-up artist extraordinaire Rick Baker (look out for his handiwork in The Wolfman, due for release next year) introduces ...
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Watching Paint Dry or Dorian Gray by Jo Ann Kaplan

18.11.09
Watching Paint Dry, Jo Ann Kaplan Jo Ann Kaplan: Self-Portrait… or… Watching Paint Dry… or Watching Dorian (become) Gray. A Diary… or… A Film… Get the Flash Player to see the wordTube Media Player. var WT1_1 = { params : { wmode : "opaque", allowscriptaccess : "always", allownetworking : "all", allowfullscreen : "true"}, flashvars : { file : "http%3A%2F%2Ffilms.animateprojects.org%2Fdocs%2Fjoannk.flv", volume : "80", bufferlength : "5", controlbar : "over", backcolor : "1FD0C8", screencolor : "FFFFFF", 'logo.hide' : "false", title : "Watching%20paint%20dry", linktarget : "_self"}, attr ...
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