Presenting a unique animation event that will likely never happen
again!
The 50th International Film Festival will be showing Notes to a Toon
Underground, on Saturday, May 5 at 8:30 pm at the Castro Theatre.
This
film features 15 animated films made between 1912 and 2005 by six
different directors, with 11 musicians providing live accompaniment.
The filmmakers include Emily and Georgia Hubley; David Russo; Kelly
Sears; Wladyslaw Starewicz; and Jim Trainor; and their animation
ranges from a re-imagination of the book, The Joy of ***, to the
torturing of a man by a tower (Hubley/Hubley).
The musicians include Marc Capelle; Devin Hoff (of Good for Cows);
Jason Lytle (of Grandaddy); Ches Smith (of Good for Cows, Xiu Xiu and
Ceramic Dog); Jamie Stewart and Caralee McElroy (of Xiu Xiu); Carla
Fabrizio (of Gamelan Sekar Jaya); Tommy Guerrero, Monte Vallier and
Gadget (of Jet Black Crayon); and avant-garde legend William Winant.
Notes to a Toon Underground: Saturday May 5 at 8:30 pm, Castro
Theatre.
For information and tickets visit www.sffs.org.
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