Saturday,
October 2 at 7:00pm
International
Puppet Film Shorts
Spiral
Q Puppet Theater's Handmade Films and International House presents
International Puppet Film Shorts. This unique screening will
offer some of the most surreal, beautiful, comedic, strange,
and dark imagery ever produced in puppet film. The shorts will
highlight various forms of pupperty including stop motion animation,
claymation, traditional puppetry, and much, much more.
This
screening is part of the Handmade Films series, now in its second
year, which has presented the works of local, national, and
international puppet filmmakers. Past events have featured the
works of Jim Henson, Miss Pussycat, Jan Swankmajer, Brothers
Quay, Jessie Rosensweet,
Xander Marro, and many more.
The
Epic of Gilgamesh
dir.
Quay Brothers, UK, 1985, 16mm, 11 mins, color
Enter
the world of the Quay Brothers where dreams and the subconscious
unfold in a hypnotic ballet mechanique. The two characters in
this film fly, fight and frolic in a seemingly ordinary landscape,
but look closer, this landscape is far from ordinary.
Vincent
dir.
Tim Burton, USA, 1982, 16mm, 6 mins, b/w
A
disturbing tale of madness and of a young boy’s search for meaning,
Vincent is one of Tim Burton’s first forays into filmmaking.
One can see how he has continued to explore themes from Vincent
in his later works including, The Nightmare Before Christmas
and Beetlejuice.
The
Hand
dir.
Jiri Trnka , Czechoslovakia , 1965, 16mm, 18mins, color
This
simple fable is a scathing indictment of Totalitarianism, and
is Trnka’s final animated film. Its message is universal and
timeless.
The
Mascot
dir.
Wladyslaw Starewicz, France, 1934, 26mins, b/w, silent with
Englsih intertitles
A
harrowing tale involving a stuffed toy dog and the little boy
who owns him, this short film is an animated masterpiece and
a perfect example of why Starewicz is considered a pioneer in
the field of animated films.
There
will be additional short films provided by Spiral Q and screened
during this event.
$6.00 General Admission;
$5.00 I House Members, Students and Seniors.
Available one hour
before showtime at the International House Box Office.
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