You could call Adam Elliot the Australian Nick Park. But while the British Wallace and Gromit creator and his Aardman studio have gone from award-winning claymation shorts to big-budget animation features made with the likes of Dreamworks (Chicken Run, Flushed Away) and Netflix (Chicken Run: The Dawn of the Nugget, the upcoming Wallace and Gromit movie), back in Melbourne, Elliot has kept things small.
His entire filmography: The three shorts Uncle (1996), Cousin (1999), and Brother (2000), two mid-length films Harvie Krumpet (2003) and Ernie Biscuit (2015) and his two features: Mary and Max in 2009 and Memoir of a Snail, together clock in at around 4 hours. You can become an Elliot completist in a single afternoon binge.
Three decades into his career, with an Oscar to his name (best animated short for Harvie Krumpet in 2004), Elliot continues to tell the same sort of stories: Semi-autobiographical dark and funny tales of outsiders, mostly living in 1970s Australia,...
His entire filmography: The three shorts Uncle (1996), Cousin (1999), and Brother (2000), two mid-length films Harvie Krumpet (2003) and Ernie Biscuit (2015) and his two features: Mary and Max in 2009 and Memoir of a Snail, together clock in at around 4 hours. You can become an Elliot completist in a single afternoon binge.
Three decades into his career, with an Oscar to his name (best animated short for Harvie Krumpet in 2004), Elliot continues to tell the same sort of stories: Semi-autobiographical dark and funny tales of outsiders, mostly living in 1970s Australia,...
- 6/10/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Memoir of a Snail,” directed by Oscar winner Adam Elliot – and voiced by “Succession” star Sarah Snook – has debuted a teaser ahead of its premiere at Annecy.
The film is set as the opening title of the Melbourne International Film Festival in August and will have its Australian commercial release, via Madman, from Oct. 17.
In the film, little Grace Puddle is separated from her twin brother Gilbert following their parents’ deaths. Things only get worse from there, she later admits to a garden snail named Sylvia – the only creature interested in her tragic story.
“I gravitate towards the underdog. People who are perceived as different, marginalized. I am not interested in heroes. It’s probably because I am ultimately making films about myself. I really empathize and identify with my characters,” the director told Variety.
“The truth is, they are all based on real people: they just happen to be my family and friends.
The film is set as the opening title of the Melbourne International Film Festival in August and will have its Australian commercial release, via Madman, from Oct. 17.
In the film, little Grace Puddle is separated from her twin brother Gilbert following their parents’ deaths. Things only get worse from there, she later admits to a garden snail named Sylvia – the only creature interested in her tragic story.
“I gravitate towards the underdog. People who are perceived as different, marginalized. I am not interested in heroes. It’s probably because I am ultimately making films about myself. I really empathize and identify with my characters,” the director told Variety.
“The truth is, they are all based on real people: they just happen to be my family and friends.
- 6/10/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Drake and Sza spar over the pains of modern love, J Balvin enlists DJ Khaled to revitalize Usher’s 2004 hit “Yeah!,” and Doja Cat asserts her bragging rights. Plus, fresh tracks from Becky G, Anitta, and Tomorrow X Together.
Drake feat Sza, “Slime You Out” (YouTube)
J Balvin, Usher, DJ Khaled, “Dientes” (YouTube)
Doja Cat, “Balut” (YouTube)
Becky G, “Querido Abuelo” (YouTube)
Anitta and Tomorrow X Together,...
Drake feat Sza, “Slime You Out” (YouTube)
J Balvin, Usher, DJ Khaled, “Dientes” (YouTube)
Doja Cat, “Balut” (YouTube)
Becky G, “Querido Abuelo” (YouTube)
Anitta and Tomorrow X Together,...
- 9/15/2023
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Jeff Tweedy is taking his upcoming book World Within A Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music on the road with a tour of the US slated for this fall.
Out November 7th via Dutton, World Within A Song finds Tweedy dissecting the effect 50 tracks — written by artists including The Replacements, Mavis Staples, Dolly Parton, and Billie Eilish — have had on his life and music. At different stops on his book tour, he’ll be joined by moderators like Nick Offerman, The New Yorker’s Amanda Petrusich, musician and archival curator Nathan Salsburg, and Michigan Radio’s April Baer. Pre-orders are now ongoing.
The trek begins in Tweedy’s hometown of Chicago on November 5th and includes stops in New York, Washington, DC, and Cincinnati before wrapping up with a virtual discussion courtesy of Live Talks LA on November 13th. See Tweedy’s full fall book tour itinerary below,...
Out November 7th via Dutton, World Within A Song finds Tweedy dissecting the effect 50 tracks — written by artists including The Replacements, Mavis Staples, Dolly Parton, and Billie Eilish — have had on his life and music. At different stops on his book tour, he’ll be joined by moderators like Nick Offerman, The New Yorker’s Amanda Petrusich, musician and archival curator Nathan Salsburg, and Michigan Radio’s April Baer. Pre-orders are now ongoing.
The trek begins in Tweedy’s hometown of Chicago on November 5th and includes stops in New York, Washington, DC, and Cincinnati before wrapping up with a virtual discussion courtesy of Live Talks LA on November 13th. See Tweedy’s full fall book tour itinerary below,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
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