An Evening With Bill Plympton
An Evening With
Bill Plympton
120min.
Animator and illustrator Bill Plympton provides an evening’s worth of entertainment with a generous selection of his gut-busting and mind-bending shorts. Plympton, whose life and work is also explored in “Adventures in Plymptoons!” at SLIFF (see Documentaries), introduces and discusses each film. The program includes several new works, including a pair of recent collaborative projects. Selections from Plympton’s recent book, “Independently Animated: Bill Plympton: The Life and Art of the King of Indie Animation,” are also featured.
Cheatin’
(2011, 6 min.): This work-in-progress is an animated version of a James M. Cain-style romantic noir done in traditional pencil-on-paper style.
The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger
(2010, 6 min.): A children’s fable about the power of advertising, the meaning of life, and ultimately the test of a mother’s love.
The Fan and the Flower
(2005, 7 min.): An ill-fated and unconsummated romance between a fan and a flower magically creates a fairytale ending.
The Flying House
(1921/2011, 7 min.): This Plympton-restored classic by animation pioneer Winsor McCay features new hand-coloring, soundtrack, and voice work by Matthew Modine and Patricia Clarkson.
Summer Bummer
(2011, 2 min.): A diver worries that a shark lurks in a suburban swimming pool.
TMZ
(2011, 4 min.): Plympton animates a Weird Al Yankovic parody of Taylor Swift’s “You Belong to Me.”
Waiting for Her Sailor
(2011, 1 min.): Waiting for her sailor, a woman on a cliff watches hopefully as a ship approaches.
Your Face
(1987, 3 min.): In this Oscar® nominee, a second-rate crooner sings about the beauties of his lover’s face while his own face metamorphoses into the most surreal shapes and contortions possible.
Every attendee will receive a Plympton sketch.
With Plympton, who is honored with SLIFF’s Lifetime Achievement Award.