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Greyhound Blues

United States

Dave Merson Hess Director

Animation, Music Video, Short, experimental, science fiction, magical realism, music, western, road movie, surrealist, abstract, stop-motion, handcrafted, collage film, culture jamming, remix, diy, microcinema, low budget, auteur
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    Made entirely by hand and animated without digital effects, "Greyhound Blues" explores themes of traveling and childhood while drawing from the visual mythology of 1950s roadside America -- especially where it overlaps with the American Southwest -- and the washed out, photocopied look of early science fiction zines.

    This impressionistic short combines pen-and-ink and watercolor, paint-on-glass direct animation, and completely abstract experimental animation with stop-motion animated paper collage featuring hundreds of cut-outs from vintage magazines, encyclopedias, and repair manuals.

    Original music by Geronimo Getty.

    http://vimeo.com/davemh/greyhoundblues