Pity the Puck

A couple nights back, I was privileged enough to see an unfinished cut of Bill Plympton's new feature Cheatin'. I mentioned it here a couple months back. You can check out some stuff in the Kickstarter video if you'd like. All of the principle animation is finished. A lot of the colors and detail weren't completed, and the accompanying score is temporary. Plympton said that the film should be finished by June.

Anyway, if you get a chance to see this, I urge you to. The animation that was colored was absolutely gorgeous (and it was also cool to see a lot of it in black and white). It's a really sweet story told in a totally unique narrative.

If you're at all familiar with Plympton's animation style, you know that it can be strange and experimental. I've only seen shorts previously and was concerned that a feature might be too much. Not the case at all. I was not bored once throughout the 90 minute film containing no real dialogue. Honestly, I can't wait to see it again when it's finished.

This is the only time I ever copy and paste the same post year after year. But this is important and some of you may be new to my blog and haven't seen it before.

Alright. It's marathon time at WFMU. For those of you who have not heard, WFMU is the coolest radio station in the world. It's completely free form and completely listener sponsored . Seriously, if there's another station that plays both The Melvins and Tom Jones, I'd like know about it. If you've never listened, check it out:

http://www.wfmu.org/