Drawing a cartoon feature by hand, frame by frame, used to be the only way to make one. But with the rise of computer imagery, it didn’t take long for hand-drawn animation to become a highly specialized pursuit. At the megaplex, hand-drawn animation has officially gone the way of the dodo bird, but it still pops up in the indie world, where hand-drawn features are now artisanal curiosities. That’s part of the fun of going to them.
The veteran animator Bill Plympton, born in 1946, is a religious believer in the form. He has never stopped animating by hand — and more than that, in the six features he has made, he insists on drawing each and every frame himself. Now that’s devotion, if not obsession.
“Revengeance” marks the first time that Plympton has shared the director credit on a feature, and the film doesn’t have Plympton’s...
The veteran animator Bill Plympton, born in 1946, is a religious believer in the form. He has never stopped animating by hand — and more than that, in the six features he has made, he insists on drawing each and every frame himself. Now that’s devotion, if not obsession.
“Revengeance” marks the first time that Plympton has shared the director credit on a feature, and the film doesn’t have Plympton’s...
- 8/4/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
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