Sneak Preview! IDIOTS AND ANGELS October 28, 2010

Bill Plympton’s beautiful, humorous and haunting animated works have secured his status as one of the premier independent animators working today. His 1987 short, “Your Face,” was nominated for an Oscar.
Website http://www.awn.com/plympton/
Sneak Preview! IDIOTS AND ANGELS, 2008, 78 min. Angel spends his days and nights as a bottom feeder - inconsiderate, abusive and misogynistic. When Angel awakens one morning with wings attached to his back, his life starts to move in a different direction. Innovative animator Bill Plympton elegantly illustrates a noir world of muted color, contorted faces and bloated bodies with no particular moral compass - yet somewhere within this world is an iota of hope.
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Website http://www.idiotsandangels.com/
Prior to the feature:

"The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger" (6 min.), about a calf who naively longs for the glossy billboard existence of hamburgerhood, is at once wickedly amusing and melancholy. The short recently played at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival. Discussion following the film with Bill Plympton.
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