Crooked Ladder a series of 6 short, animated films by Steven Subotncik and Amy Kravitz.
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 at
7:00 p.m.
at The Meeting House
3850 Main Road
Tiverton Four Corners, RI 02878
For reservations call (401)624-2600 or email:
Amy Kravitz will be on hand for a discussion.
It is FREE and open to the public!
Some information about three of the Animations:
Glass Crow
6 min 20 sec, 2004, color, sound, BetaSP, DVD A poetic mediation on the defenestration of Prague - the spark which ignited the Thirty Years' War.
direction, animation, editing by Steve Subotnick; music by Alexander Stolmack-Ness and Joan LaBarbara
Hairyman
3 min, 1998, b/w, sound, 35MM, BetaSP, DVD Improvisational theater with animated characters. A stream-of-conciousness, psychological fable based on a folktale from Southern U.S.
direction, animation, sound, editing by Steve Subotnick; vocal effects by Caleb Sampson
Devil's Book
5 min, 1994, color, sound, 35MM, 16MM, BetaSP, DVD An evocation of hell as a physical object - an accountant's ledger book, with each entry a damned soul. Based on a story by the Yiddish author, Isaac Peretz.
direction, animation, editing by Steve Subotnick; music by Joan LaBarbara