Jonathan Hodgson made this beautiful animated film of a 1992 poem by Charles Bukowski called ‘The Man with the Beautiful Eyes.’ The artwork is by Mark Shepherd. It was produced for Britain’s Channel Four.
This is an undersea stop-motion animation by Hayley Morris that takes place in a world entirely created by the filmmaker. She made all the sea creatures too! Her materials are clever and convey life under water brilliantly. She made the film for Hilary Hahn and Hauschka’s song ‘Bounce Bounce.’
Here is a short humorous biopic about legendary Los Angeles artist John Baldessari. It was directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman as a commission from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It’s wonderfully narrated by Mr. Tom Waits who was apparently picked by Baldessari for the job. If I have criticism of Baldessari, it would probably be that he has too much fun making art. Actually I’m not kidding. It’s a harsh criticism from where I stand. But I still like his work. I know his printer in downtown Los Angeles. He lets me stop by now and then to see what’s cooking on his great big old-fashioned printing press. In fact, I am the proud owner of an original signed Baldessari artist’s proof. It makes me smile with confusion whenever I walk past it. Despite Baldessari’s obvious enthusiasm for making conceptual art, there’s a lurking seriousness underneath all those colored dots and old time movie stills. He makes art in the margin between painting and filmmaking.
This is an animated adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s marvelous book, ‘In the Night Kitchen.’ It was directed by Gene Deitch in 1987.