Wednesday, January 25, 2012

MARY AND MAX / MERMAID

Taking a break from the top 10 (there will be a lot of them) to log some more films I saw in the past week...

MARY AND MAX (2009)

via Sundance On Demand

This is a really powerful movie, one that combines a perfect style of animation with tone and story into something pretty emotionally devastating, but in a unique way. The animator Adam Elliot had some earlier animated shorts that sting in the same way, and which might be essential prerequisite viewing before diving into this. So glad I was able to find this.

MERMAID (2007)

via Sundance On Demand

WIFF 2009

A short description would be a Russian Amelie, but imagine general Russian bleakness being pushed onto a whimsical tale and this is what you get. Found myself a little disengaged and distracted by this one and the flights of fancy it takes. But its a good weird performance by the female lead.

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