Canadian director Nick Cross (Yellow Cake, The Pig Farmer), who has a reputation for his bizarre yet visually intriguing animation, has taken a break on his solo independent feature film Black Sunrise to produce another animated short, Perihelion. To say his previous shorts is quite a trip would be a gross understatement and this is absolutely no exception. Here's how he described it:Perihelion is a sort of animated tone poem. It is a short film that toes the line between narrative and non-narrative, essentially having no real beginning, middle or end. The idea being that you could start watching it at any point and it would (hopefully) have the same impact. Visually, I was heavily inspired by the work of a number of German painters from the...
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- 3/28/2013
- Screen Anarchy
A wholesome lighthearted animated film for the whole family to enjoy this ain't. Canadian animator/director Nick Cross of the strange, yet visually intriguing animated short The Pig Farmer has unveiled the second trailer to his debut feature-length animated film Black Sunrise. As with the previous trailer, it continues to baffle the mind with even more bizarre imagery and I can't help but wonder if the independent filmmaker was seriously pissed drunk or doped-up while he was animating this project. Nevertheless, his trippy imagination is crazy in a good way.Black Sunrise is the story of two different people attempting to survive in a world embroiled in tyranny, war, and environmental degradation.You'll find the second trailer embedded below....
- 1/17/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Animation director Nick Cross initially caught our attention with his trippy animated short The Pig Farmer back in January. After a span of twelve years of producing several critically acclaimed shorts, Cross will enter his first foray into a feature-length project with a pseudo Conan-meets-dystopia film, Black Sunrise and he posted a minute-long teaser trailer at his blogsite to reveal his current progress. He also launched a fund-raising campaign to seek financial support so if you like what you see and you would like to help, you can donate here. Black Sunrise is the story of two different people attempting to survive in a world embroiled in tyranny, war, and environmental degradation.You'll find the trailer embedded below....
- 4/8/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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