Feature Competition 4: Idiots and Angels
| Original Title: | Idiots & Angels |
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| Director(s): | Bill Plympton |
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| Production Company: | Plymptoons |
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| Year of Production: | 2008 |
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| Nationality: | USA | ||
| Screening Format: | 35mm |
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| Runnning Time: | 78:00 |
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| Category: | Animated Feature |
Techniques
Pencil on Paper
Pencil on Paper
Synopsis:
Idiots and Angels is a dark comedy about a man's battle for his soul.
“Good battles evil as a gun-running, booze-swilling, cigarette-puffing badass is dragged, kicking and screaming, toward salvation in Bill Plympton's slyly sardonic black comedy, his best animated feature to date. Closer in drawing style and mood to Plympton's award-winning shorts, with all their grungy metamorphic grotesquerie intact, "Idiots and Angels" may attract the larger arthouse auds that have thus far eluded Plympton in his feature forays. Its totally wordless corporeal pantomime is poised to widen his already considerable worldwide fan base.”
"Le bon combat le mauvais alors qu'un vilain contrebandier d'armes, buveur avide et fumeur à la chaine, est entraîné, criant et donnant des coups de pieds, vers le salut dans cette comédie noire sournoisement sardonique de Bill Plympton, son meilleur film animé à date. Plus proche des courts métrages primés de Plympton pour ce qui est du style des dessins et de l'ambiance, avec toutes leurs grotesqueries 'grungy' métamorphiques intactes, "Idiots and Angels" peut attirer les auditoires de maisons d'art plus grandes qui ont jusqu'à maintenant échappé à Plympton dans ses razzias de films. Son pantomime corporel totalement muet est sur le point d'élargir sa base déjà considérable d'admirateurs à travers le monde." Variety
Idiots and Angels is a dark comedy about a man's battle for his soul.
“Good battles evil as a gun-running, booze-swilling, cigarette-puffing badass is dragged, kicking and screaming, toward salvation in Bill Plympton's slyly sardonic black comedy, his best animated feature to date. Closer in drawing style and mood to Plympton's award-winning shorts, with all their grungy metamorphic grotesquerie intact, "Idiots and Angels" may attract the larger arthouse auds that have thus far eluded Plympton in his feature forays. Its totally wordless corporeal pantomime is poised to widen his already considerable worldwide fan base.”
"Le bon combat le mauvais alors qu'un vilain contrebandier d'armes, buveur avide et fumeur à la chaine, est entraîné, criant et donnant des coups de pieds, vers le salut dans cette comédie noire sournoisement sardonique de Bill Plympton, son meilleur film animé à date. Plus proche des courts métrages primés de Plympton pour ce qui est du style des dessins et de l'ambiance, avec toutes leurs grotesqueries 'grungy' métamorphiques intactes, "Idiots and Angels" peut attirer les auditoires de maisons d'art plus grandes qui ont jusqu'à maintenant échappé à Plympton dans ses razzias de films. Son pantomime corporel totalement muet est sur le point d'élargir sa base déjà considérable d'admirateurs à travers le monde." Variety
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| Animator Bill Plympton's short films have been seen widely around the country, highlighting many animation festivals. His oblique, off-center sense of the ridiculous in everyday life has made the "Microtoons" and his other shorts a popular MTV offering. His distinctive style has even invaded the world of advertising. Commercials for both Trivial Pursuit and Sugar Delight make us chuckle and gasp. Bill’s short film “Guard Dog” has been a hit at film festivals and it brought Bill his second Oscar nomination in January 2005. |