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1 August 2012 7:56 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »

ShortsHD, the network dedicated to short films, recently broadcast the world premiere of "Bill Plympton Restores McCay's 'The Flying House,'" a documentary short about how Plympton and his team are working to restore one of the earliest animations by the father of animation, Winsor McCay -- his classic 1921 short film "The Flying House." ShortsHD is re-airing the film tomorrow, the night of August 2, at 12:30 am, and the following night at 1 am. In the exclusive clip below, Plympton and Matthew Modine, who voices the short, discuss McCay's talent as an animator and the charm of "The Flying House."

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- Alison Willmore

1 August 2012 7:56 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »

ShortsHD, the network dedicated to short films, recently broadcast the world premiere of "Bill Plympton Restores McCay's 'The Flying House,'" a documentary short about how Plympton and his team are working to restore one of the earliest animations by the father of animation, Winsor McCay -- his classic 1921 short film "The Flying House." ShortsHD is re-airing the film tomorrow, the night of August 2, at 12:30 am, and the following night at 1 am. In the exclusive clip below, Plympton and Matthew Modine, who voices the short, discuss McCay's talent as an animator and the charm of "The Flying House." »

- Alison Willmore

24 April 2012 12:38 PM, PDT | Bad Lit | See recent Bad Lit news »

Legendary indie animator Bill Plympton was commissioned to produce a short film for The Simpsons‘ rotating “couch gag” for the show’s opening title credits. The result aired during the April 15 episode, “Beware My Cheating Bart.” In typical Plympton fashion, the 80-second spot combines humor, pathos and great sight gags to weave a tale of the lifelong love affair between Homer and his beloved couch. It’s a great piece that only makes us wonder how long until we get a full-length Santa’s Little Helper and Guard Dog crossover episode?

Plympton is currently working on his latest animated feature film Cheatin’ and will be releasing both a DVD of his re-imagining of the Windsor McKay film The Flying House and a new book called Make Toons That Sell (Without Selling Out).

You can follow the progress on all of his projects at his official website and on the Scribble Junkies blog. »

- Mike Everleth

9 February 2012 1:34 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »

The Miners' Hymns (2011) is "an elegant, elegiac found-footage work from Bill Morrison, best known for his silent-film reverie Decasia," writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times. "A miner himself of a type, Mr Morrison has dug into the archives of the likes of the British Film Institute to cull primarily black-and-white images so rich, so alive with dirty faces, shadows and the occasional pit pony that they resurrect a world that for many has long been lost to history." It screens from today through Tuesday at Film Forum with three of Morrison's shorts, previewed by Cinespect's Ryan Wells. Release (2010) "uses found footage of the 1930 release of Al Capone from Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary," while Outerborough (2005) "gorgeously catches a ride on a trolley making its voyage across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan. Morrison gives us a split screen with two perspectives: a camera facing Brooklyn, another looking back at Manhattan. »

4 items from 2012