Friday, April 22, 2016

Cowboyland

Cowboyland. Do click to enlarge.

Director: Dávid Štumpf
Production: Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
SK 2015
Technique: b&w drawn and inked look
Duration: 5 min
Cinema Andorra, Helsinki (Animatricks, International Shorts 1: Metamorphosis of Love) 22 April 2016

"According to the justice of the Wild West, thieves must be punished. But when the sheriff's horse breaks, it's hard to forecast if justice stays justice."

AA: A grim and stylized homage to the post-Western, the anti-Western, the cynical Western. There is a talent of condensation. It is a vicious circle tale: a little kid conquers the outlaw, but in the finale he sits in the jail from which the outlaw broke out in the beginning. Skilful and striking.

No comments: