One of several annual animation compilations, this feature includes 13 short animated films from the US, UK, and Canada, purporting to show the best of independent or state-funded animation in a variety of styles and formats. Although the animation in these short films is often quite
spectacular, the content is noticeably lacking in wit or substance.
THE BIG STORY, a black and white clay-animated piece spoofing Billy Wilder's THE BIG CARNIVAL (1951), features Kirk Douglas look-alikes (voiced by Frank Gorshin) playing out a short encounter between a hotshot reporter and his hardened editor.
NOSEHAIR, a line-drawing-on-paper work by Bill Plympton, presents a m...
Released:
1995
Rated:
NR
Length:
96 mins