Bonus Features
Fighting Gravity: 13 min./documentary
A tour of Joanna Priestley's studio and a behind the scenes look at how Surface Dive and Utopia Parkway were made.
Interview with the Sound Guy: 8 min./documentary
Interview with sound genius Lance Limbrocker (Andaluz, Surface Dive, Pro and Con and Grow Up).
Image Gallery and Reference Page for every film.
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Fighting Gravity (2005)
Run Time: 67 minutes
Video: Standard 1.33:1 Color
Audio: ENGLISH: Stereo, Dolby Digital
Product Description
Utopia Parkway - 5 min.
Animated sculptures and drawings, inspired by the boxes of artist Joseph Cornell, who lived on Utopia Parkway.
Surface Dive - 7.5 min.
"A visually striking abstract film inspired by a diving trip in a freshwater lake in the Yucatan. More than 600 sculptures, 200 glass pieces and 2200 drawings combine to fashion a work of dazzling detail and complexity." - Bill Foster, Director, Northwest Film Center
Andaluz - 6 min.
"Short but sweet, this new animated tribute to southern Spain is just six minutes long, but the tale spans centuries." - Cheryl Sinapis, Boston Globe
Dew Line - 5 min.
An abstract collision of juicy colors and odd botanical shapes.
The Rubber Stamp Film - 7 min.
"A hundred little stories are told as the images zip by to a collaged soundtrack of voices and musical fragments. Pure delight!" - Melinda Ward, Walker Art Center
The Dancing Bulrushes - 5 min.
A traditional Ojibwa tale about the trickster/hero, Coyote, that uses backlit sand animation as its medium.
Jade Leaf - 5 min.
"Priestley's abstract painting has a wonderful graphic flow, not completely geometric, yet not completely organic." -Phil Borsos, Northwest Film and Video Festival Juror
Kali Yuga - 5 min.
A performance/animation collaboration with composer Joseph Waters and Fear No Music. Pixilation of a yogi/rock climber with animated household tools, bolts, screws and nails.
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