Event: “Lost Animation IV” Guest curator Pete Gowdy and Oddball Films present an evening of rarely screened classics and obscurities of world animation. Most are quite scarce- despite scads of accolades and international awards. Films include: “Claymation”, legendary clay animator Will Vinton in the studio; “The Romance of Transportation”, whimsical Canadian animation from 1952 with a dynamic jazz soundtrack; “Harold and Cynthia”; consumerist culture skewered; “The Mole and The Rocket”, beautiful Czech cartoon for kids (and mid-century style-loving adults); “Closed Mondays”, brilliant claymation from Will Vinton; “Boom”, more cold war jitters from Polish animator Bretislav Pojar; “The Sword”, surprise hit from the Lost Animation Fest; “Clay, or Origin of The Species”, the Oscar-winning claymation by Eliot Noyes, Jr.; PLUS “He Was Her Man”, the banned 1937 Looney Tunes cartoon based on the old murder ballad “Frankie & Johnny”.
Date: Friday, April 2, 2010 at 8:30PM
Venue: Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street, San Francisco 94110
Admission: $10.00 RSVP Only to: 415-558-8117 or info@oddballfilm.com
Web: http://www.oddballfilm.com/oddballftp/Lost_Animation_4.pdf
On Friday, April 2, Guest Curator Pete Gowdy and Oddball Films present an evening of rarely screened animated shorts- both classics and obscurities. Several of these shorts won or were nominated for international awards and all showcase inventive, wild imagination- from the simplest line drawings, to mid-century modern classics, obtuse international favorites, to claymation mania.
Show time is 8:30PM and admission is $10.00. Seating is limited so RSVP is preferred to: info@oddballfilm.com or 415-558-8117.