SpornFilms 11 Nov 2007 10:42 am
Party time & Thanks Part III
Yesterday, I wasn’t able to make it to any of the three screenings. They repeated the first one from Friday night and screened the next two. I was told that they went well and were filled. I’ll make up for it today by seeing the 2nd and 3rd screenings this afternoon.
Last night, we did have a party for the event, and we had a great group. Lots of schmoozing, eating and drinking. Thankfully, the drizzling rain stopped early in the day. I took a number of photos late in the party. They were rushed and I didn’t get most of the people there. I’m sorry I don’t have a picture of everyone there.
(Click any image to enlarge.)
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(L) Irina Margolina, Signe Bauman and Biljana Labovic
(R) Matt Clinton, Jason McDonald and Paul Carrillo
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Dave Levy and Debbie mug for the camera while Ray Kosarin looks on.
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Lisa Crafts and Howard Beckerman ________ George Griffin and John Canemaker
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(L) Jason McDonald, Masako Kanayama, Adrian Urquidez and Janet Benn
(R) Ray Kosarin, Ken Brown, Cathy and John Celestri
All that’s left.
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– Today is the final day of the film screenings at the Museum of Modern Art. Program II will screen at 2:45 and Program III will be screened at 4:45.
Program II:A Peaceable Kingdom includes the following films: Goodnight Moon, The Marzipan Pig, The Amazing Bone, Ira Sleeps Over, and The Story of The Dancing Frog.
This selection is somewhat dear to my heart. The Marzipan Pig and The Hunting of the Snark are my two favorites of the films. I purposefully separated them in the programs. Both are enormously different from each other, but both are similar. The metaphysical lies just on the surface as characters in animated films try to move forward with their lives. Only the important things matter to them. In the Snark they’re trying to rid the world of its demons. In the Pig they’re trying to find “love”, or, at least, connection.
The Marzipan Pig sits while all the sweetness runs out of him.
I love all of these films, and look forward to seeing them again on a big screen. The great artists who helped put these films together include the following:
___________Julie Allen___________John Aller___________Ed Askinazi
___________Debbie Baber________Dante Barbetta______.Gary Becker
___________Quentin Blake________Bob Bushell_________Laura Bryson
___________Charlotte Cary-Booth__Doug Compton______Tim Curry
___________Billy Crystal_________.Tissa David_________John R. Dilworth
___________Rodolfo Damaggio____.Steven Dovas_______Ray Feldman
___________Wolf Ferro__________. William Finn_________Maxine Fisher
___________Danny Gerard_____-__Stephen Gambello____Eddie Gomez
___________Edna Harris_________.Xiaogang He_________Jonathan Hill
___________Russell Hoban_______.Grace Johnston______.Masako Kanayama
___________Yvette Kaplan________Carol Kilbanks_______Sophie Kittredge
___________Michael Klein________.Ray Kosarin_________James Laev
___________Stephen MacQuignon__Robert Marianetti_____Miguel Martinez
___________Mark Mayerson______.George McClements___Jason McDonald
___________Giuliana Nicodemi____.Christine O’Neill______Gregory Perler
___________Sue Perrotto_________Amanda Plummer____.Caleb Sampson
___________Susan Sarandon______Morton Schindel______Elizabeth Seidman
___________Theresa Smythe______Jarrod Specter_______Heidi Stallings
___________Michael Starobin______Jeremy Steig________William Steig
___________Tape House Toons____Ian Thomson________Bridget Thorne
___________Mary Thorne_________Bernard Waber______Mo Willems
___________Michael Wisniewski
Many thanks to all of these people for all your help in getting these films completed so beautifully.
Goodnight Moon: Duplicating a book with cg and hiding that fact.
Ira Sleeps Over at Reggie’s.
on 11 Nov 2007 at 1:20 pm 1.Mark Mayerson said …
Sorry I coudn’t be in NY for the screenings or the party. It would have been nice to see so many familiar faces again. Oh well.
on 11 Nov 2007 at 9:19 pm 2.Tim Rauch said …
This was really a great event, I hadn’t seen many of these and they were extraordinary. I especially like The Marzipan Pig, Ira Sleeps Over and ofcourse the Steig and Blake interpretations. Such beautiful stories you started with and such beautiful films you created! Everyone who contributed to making these films over the years should be proud.
on 12 Nov 2007 at 7:55 am 3.Eddie Fitzgerald said …
You missed two of your screenings!? If they were screenings to honor me I’d have super-glued myself to the seats!
on 26 Nov 2007 at 6:10 pm 4.john Dilworth said …
Michael,
I never told you how excited I am for you. Congratulations. MOMA feels right and thank goodness MOMA gets it right!
I salute you in your honor and in my absence.
Here’s to whatever comes next for you!
Love,
Dilly