Idiots and Angels

(USA, 2008, 78 mins)

digital video

Wisconsin Premiere

editor: Kevin Palmer
sound designer: Greg Sextro
musician: Nicole Renaud, Corey Allen Jackson, Rachelle Garniez, Hank Bones, Didier Carmier
producer, writer, animator: Bill Plympton
producer, artist: Biljana Labovic
artist: Lisa LaBracio, Kerri Allegretta

• IMDB Film Info
• www.idiotsandangels.com/
• Trailer

A bawdy, twisted fable about good and evil (but mostly evil), Bill Plympton’s new animated feature imagines what happens when a pair of wings unexpectedly (obviously) on the back of a not-very-nice man. At first he tries to hack off the freakish things, but then fantasizes about the power, fame, and money that must surely be possible with such a unique feature. Although physiologically it doesn’t feel right to say these wings have a mind of their own, they do cause the man to do good acts against his will. Mostly set in the dank saloon where he spends his time lusting after the barkeeper’s wife, the film assuredly keeps an arm’s length from any whiff of redemption or salvation. Plympton draws each animation cell by hand and had set up a webcam over his desk during production so viewers around the world could watch him sketch. Winner, Best Feature Film, 2008 Cinanima; 2008 Tribeca, Athens, Mar del Plata film festivals.

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