Sullivan recently completed the featurelength animated film, consuming spirits, for which he received guggenheim and rockefeller media arts fellowships. Consuming spirits new zealand international film festival. Chris sullivans feature drama consuming spirits had its world premiere. For the first time on film, it examines the navajo concept of nadleehi, one who constantly. Like an episode of that show, consuming spirits covers a variety of visual styles, from traditional handdrawn line art on tracing paper to collaged paper characters to stopmotion done with toys and models. Two spirits native american gender diversity independent. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Dec 12, 2012 consuming spirits, an animated feature by chris sullivan, is a defiant or maybe, even better, an oblivious exception to the rules and patterns of contemporary cartoon entertainment. Fifteen years in the making, consuming spirits is a newly completed mixedmedia animation feature by chicagobased chris sullivan. Antech completes final study of first diagnostic for. Christopher sullivans animated dystopia is about as far from a cartoonforkids as they come. Consuming spirits 16mm to hd, is an independent feature animation, chronicling. Drinking red wine makes people feel relaxed and amorous while vodka or whisky boosts energy and aggression, a study by bangor university and kings college london academics suggest.
More than that, it is an animated film loaded with faded, despairing colors. Chris sullivans feature film consuming spirits feels like a nostalgia piece for the age of mtvs animation showcase liquid television. He uses cut out hand drawn characters a little like what i am doing, although he animated them by hand stop motion style. Apr 20, 2012 video archive for the film consuming spirits, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2012. Consuming spirits 16mm to hd, is an independent feature animation, chronicling the lives of three characters who live in a rust belt town called magguson, and work at its local newspaper the daily suggester. Consuming spirits making oflink to full film below.
Jun 14, 2011 two spirits is the tragic story of a mothers loss of her son with a revealing look at the largely unknown history of a time when the world wasnt simply divided into male and female, and many. Share fifteen years in the making, consuming spirits is a newly completed mixedmedia animation feature by chicagobased chris sullivan. Oct, 2016 pittsburghborn experimental animator chris sullivan, a longtime school of the art institute professor of film, video, new media and animation, took tenplus years working as producer, director, writer, animator and composer to complete his first feature, the densely bleak consuming spirits 2012. An independent animated feature film by the creator of consuming spirits. After this process is completed, the alcohol is ready for consumption. Broken spirits is produced by finch hollow productions, in association with anime expo. Watch consuming spirits an independent feature animation. Two spirits reveals how these beliefs are expressed in a natural range of gender diversity. The trailer of the sky captain and the world of tomorrow was released four yours before the film got completed, it was an attempt to attract some investors. Fifteen years in the making, chris sullivans consuming spirits is the work of his lifetimeor any lifetime, for that matter. In the last post i mentioned that i was looking into using celaction. Consuming spirits fifteen years in the making, consuming spirits is a newly completed mixedmedia animation feature by chicagobased chris sullivan.
Federico fellini, film visionary, is dead at 73 the new. The film seamlessly combines cutout animation, pencil drawing, collage, and stopmotion animation to create the haunting atmosphere of a selfcontained world. The film contains more than 250 special effects shots. The minute film will screen as part of the tribeca film. The bravest choice is to be yourself independent lens.
But as the film unfolds, we find they have a long diabolical history, revolving. This is all relevant, one of the characters in consuming spirits tells a pair of. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. The films detailcluttered surface would appear fatuously grotesque.
With nancy andrews, chris sullivan, judith rafael, mary lou zelazny. Consuming spirits, an animated film by chris sullivan the. But watching consuming spirits is like surrendering to hypnosis, or to a particularly haunting dream. Apr 14, 2014 surely the most obscure film on our list, consuming spirits is the result of more than a decades work for writer, director, animator, musician and voice artist chris sullivan and his small team. How different alcoholic drinks affect our emotions daily.
Crumb vein, but a real movie in every way, consuming spirits is a strange and wormy accomplishment, the sort of. A sprawling odyssey in scope and vision, consuming spirits could be a great film if director chris sullivan tightened it by half. The completed film has been placed in a safe made by security specialist fichetbausche, complete with bulletproof glass and a timer that will automatically open in 100 years, in time for the premiere at the house of louis xiii in cognac, scheduled to take place on nov. See more ideas about ghost pictures, ghost photos and real ghosts.
May 24, 2016 consuming spirits is an animated feature film produced totally independently. Consuming spirits, an animated feature by chris sullivan, is a defiant or maybe, even better, an oblivious exception to the rules and patterns of contemporary cartoon entertainment. This process, called fermentation, requires yeast to consume the glucose sugar, essentially, present within grapes to turn it into wine. A 15year production wrought almost entirely by the hands of animator chris sullivan, consuming spirits boasts a gloomy backwoods mood that. Consuming spirits making of video please rent or buy the film through this link. Chris sullivans consuming spirits is a sliceoflife film like you have not seen. Consuming spirits shows how a quick drink is often more rewarding than an allnight rager. His upbringing was provincial, religious and middle class. Sunday consuming spirits consuming spirits, an animated feature by chris sullivan, is a defiant or maybe, even better, an oblivious exception to. Top 10 movies with visual effects innovations of 21st century. Some things dont hold their own in the long run, yet a quick shot avoids the nasty overkill of a hangover. Partially autobiographical, the movie released on december 12, 2012 in new york city and employs a diverse mixture of different animation styles to tell the stories of three different characters and the anguish they face in their everyday lives. The majority of films screening at tribeca are independently produced.
Consuming spirits 2012 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Interestingly enough, yeast is used in the process of making alcohol. Written directed and primarily animated by chris sullivan, this film is made in the spirits of independent filmakers like, john cassavetes. Educated at the school of the art institute of chicago saic where she was exposed to and trained with ray yoshida, barbara rossi, hollis sigler and others of that generation. Hes telling the truth, but hes speaking on behalf of the movie, as well. Relationships among the three main characters earl gray, gentian violet, and victor blue multiply. Consuming spirits, an animated film by chris sullivan. Consuming spirits 2012 three residents robert levy, nancy andrews, chris sullivan of a small rust belt town lead sad, interconnected lives. Nov 04, 2015 directed by peter bohush geezers, 910.
Consuming spirits 16mm to hd, is an independent feature animation, chronicling the lives of three characters who live in a rust belt town called magguson, and work at. The orbit of minor satellites by chris sullivan kickstarter. Consuming desires thank you for smoking praises the professional hucksters of the cigarette companies, and duck season is a road movie in which the scenery doesnt change. The trailer managed to get positive response and a big funding to the director, then he took the project on a large scale.
The day before, the film was shot in on the red mx camera in widescreen hd on location in southern california. Consuming spirits is a 2012 american animated drama film directed by chris sullivan and his directorial debut. Christopher sullivan is an animator, filmmaker and performance artist whose experimental film and theater work spans 30 years. Chris sullivan is raising funds for the orbit of minor satellites on kickstarter. Murders edit between 1978 and 1983, nilsen is known to have killed a minimum of twelve men and boys, and to have attempted to kill seven others he initially. The film covers so many visual styles, it sometimes feels like a scrapbook, or an extralong episode of mtvs liquid television, assembling the work of several animators with winking weird humor. Dense like a detailed graphic novel in the chris ware or r. Filmed over ten years, it features multiple techniques, including. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover christophers connections and jobs at similar companies.
Sullivan also largely composed and performed blend together into one. A comic nightmare of three strange characters connected by unsolved crimes and the local newspaper, christopher sullivans animated slice of smalltown ameri. Grube research for and preparation of this paper were supported by national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism niaaa grant aa126 to the prevention research center, pacific institute for research and evaluation. What substance is the white powdery coating on grapes. Consuming spirits is an animated feature film produced totally independently. Mary lou zelazny born 1956, chicago, illinois, usa is an american painter. But the performed music of the characters i think works better with some nonmusical elements around it. This is a list of films that showcase stopmotion animation, and is divided into three sections. May 30, 2014 a comic nightmare of three strange characters connected by unsolved crimes and the local newspaper, christopher sullivans animated slice of smalltown ameri. Consuming spirits 2012 online 720p movie bayikurang11. But the performed music of the characters i think works better with some non musical elements around it. Altered spirits feature film formerly broken spirits. An inquiry into the darkest zones of the human heart. Throughout 1978, he devoted an everincreasing amount of his time, effort and assiduity to his work, and most evenings he spent consuming spirits andor lager as he listened to music.
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