{"id":5444,"date":"2010-10-06T21:01:02","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T04:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=5444"},"modified":"2010-10-06T21:03:15","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T04:03:15","slug":"animation-bill-plympton-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2010\/10\/06\/animation-bill-plympton-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Animation: Bill Plympton Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IdiotsAndAngels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5445\" title=\"IdiotsAndAngels\" src=\"\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IdiotsAndAngels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IdiotsAndAngels.jpg 400w, https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IdiotsAndAngels-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><em>Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film<\/em> has an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.badlit.com\/?p=8734\">interview with fiercely independent animator Bill Plympton<\/a>.\u00a0 I met him once back in 2003 at a film festival in Chicago and he was the most engaging and approachable guy in the entire place.\u00a0 I attended one of his talks and enjoyed the spectacle of him selling his various wares out in the theater lobby.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s got an excellent web site where you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plymptoons.com\/anicam\/anicam.html\">spy on him as he animates<\/a> and see a wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plymptoons.com\/gallery\/media\/idiotsandangels_trailer2.html\">trailer for his latest feature film, <em>Idiots and Angels<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film has an interview with fiercely independent animator Bill Plympton.\u00a0 I met him once back in 2003 at a film festival in Chicago and he was the most engaging and approachable guy in the entire place.\u00a0 I attended one of his talks and enjoyed the spectacle of him selling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1331,1341,988,1342],"class_list":["post-5444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animation","tag-bad-lit","tag-bill-plympton","tag-independent","tag-underground-film"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film has an interview with fiercely independent animator Bill Plympton. 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