Bill Plympton directed a large number of short animations as well as a handful of full length features. His often grotesque and always humorously designed cartoons are referred to as "plymptoons" due to their unique style. "Your Face" (1987) is not the first one of these, but perhaps still the most well-known one not only because of its form-breaking imagination but also due to the very fitting music composed especially for the short. A personal favourite of mine is "Eat" (2001), which combines the atmosphere of slow French accordion music with a grotesque caricature of gastronomy and expensive restaurant culture. And finally, you may learn how risky it may be to have an overprotective pet in "Guard Dog" (2004).
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Bill Plympton
Bill Plympton directed a large number of short animations as well as a handful of full length features. His often grotesque and always humorously designed cartoons are referred to as "plymptoons" due to their unique style. "Your Face" (1987) is not the first one of these, but perhaps still the most well-known one not only because of its form-breaking imagination but also due to the very fitting music composed especially for the short. A personal favourite of mine is "Eat" (2001), which combines the atmosphere of slow French accordion music with a grotesque caricature of gastronomy and expensive restaurant culture. And finally, you may learn how risky it may be to have an overprotective pet in "Guard Dog" (2004).
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