An acerbically funny retrospective of provocative works from award-winning animator, Phil Mulloy. These blunt, sardonic fables, drawn in brush and ink, challenge contemporary values, are an antidote to all that is kitsch and sentimental and perceptively comment on human nature. Don't be put off by the preoccupation with death, disorder and dissolution in Mulloy's films. There is also a fiercely black comic wit at work here. Definitely not for the squeamish or prudish, this compilation features sex, violence and scenes sure to outrage horses!
Cowboys: the Conformist
1992, 3 mins, 35mm
Cowboys: Outrage
1992, 3 mins, 35mm
Cowboys: That's Nothin'
1992, 3 mins, 35mm
The Sound of Music
1993, 11 mins, 35mm
History of the World, Ep. 16: the invention of writing and its destruction
1994, 4 mins, 35mm
The Ten Commandments, 1: Thou shalt not adore false gods
1995, 5 mins, 35mm
The Ten Commandments, 2: Thou shalt not commit blasphemy
1995, 5 mins, 35mm
The Ten Commandments, 3: Remember to keep holy the Sabbath
1995, 6 mins, 35mm
The Ten Commandments, 4: Honour thy father and thy mother
1995, 4 mins, 35mm
The Ten Commandments, 5: Thou shalt not kill
1993, 3 mins, 35mm
Intolerance
2000, 15 mins, 35mm
Intolerance II: The Invasion
2001, 15 mins, 35mm
(total running time: 77 mins)
Links:
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www.awn.com/gallery/mulloy/by-title.html
If Phil Mulloy's style tickles your fancy, check out Neurotica: Middle-age Spread and Other Life Crises, a blackly comic compilation of Canadian animated shorts addressing urban isolation, loneliness and other neuroses. Find this title and 35,000 more at the ACMI Lending Collection.
