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The Ballad of Holland Island House by Lynn Tomlinson

2016-02-03

 The living textures, subtle colors and soft flowing dreamlike animation of Lynn Tomlinson’s film perfectly express sentiment and attachment to place and the weaving and weathering of memory over time. The transporting sound design sweeps us through the years as well. She composed lyrics of the period-based ballad for the film. Read on to watch a behind the scenes video and hear in-depth insights from the artist about her immersive process and well informed underlying environmental message.

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Anomalisa by Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson

2015-11-08

“Michael Stone, an author of books on the subject of customer service, struggles with his inability to connect to people. One night, while on a routine business trip, he meets a stranger who changes his world view.” Acrobatically labyrinthine psychological musings that are as bleak as they are sweetly touching…what else would we expect from co-director Charlie Kaufman, writer of ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’, ‘Being John Malkovich’ and ‘Adaptation’?

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North by Josh Shaffner

2015-11-03

 A nice pared down atmospheric piece by Josh Shaffner, a music video for the song “North” by ‘fō. Light strobing with understated melancholic probing. The haunted geometric echoes of meaning are well suited to the song as is the slightly mechanical timepiece pacing. Although subtle, this short is rich in detail and ultimately organically flowing animation. Read on to see another nice piece by Shaffner, “The Rehabilitation of Sleep.” It reads like what might have happened if Hieronymus Bosch had had Dragonframe: a very graceful overachievement by an obvious over thinker.
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