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Bookmark this pageThe Animation Show 4 (2008)
Director: Joel Trussell, Matthew Walker, Dave Carter, Steve Dildarian, Nieto, Satoshi Tomioka, Trevor Jimenez, Georges Schwizgebel, Smith and Foulkes, Bill Plympton
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From Time Out New York
The fourth collection of animated shorts compiled by the indispensable Mike Judge (sans his usual partner in crime, Don Hertzfeldt) is typically funny and violent—usually both at once. Some recurring bits, notably Dave Carter’s punchy “Psychotown” vignettes, give this year’s globe-spanning program a more unified feel than previous efforts. Among the many highlights are Stefan Mueller’s “Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker,” about a loud-music police complaint gone hilariously wrong; Steve Dildarian’s deadpan “Angry Unpaid Hooker”; and “Blind Spot” from France’s Gobelins School of Animation, in which an elderly woman falls victim to some cleverly edited surveillance footage.Author: Joshua Land
Time Out New York Issue 669: July 23 -July 30, 2008
Cast & crew
Director: Joel Trussell, Matthew Walker, Dave Carter, Steve Dildarian, Nieto, Satoshi Tomioka, Trevor Jimenez, Georges Schwizgebel, Smith and Foulkes, Bill Plympton
Duration: 81 mins
US Release: May 23 2008
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