When Jonah Samson at Cool Hunting gave us the head’s up on Stacey Steers, a video artist whose latest work was created from over four thousand handmade collages (typically eight hand-painted drawings for every second of animation), we knew we had to talk to her about the labor intensive process. Watch some clips from the piece (which was an official selection at last year’s Sundance Film Festival) here, and if you’re in New York, check out the animated film at ClampArt starting tomorrow through February 7.
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Salon’s independent film expert Andrew O’Hehir has posted his year-end roundup of 2008′s ten best flicks, and while some of his choices were predictable (Flight of the Red Balloon and the newly-opened Waltz With Bashir have both garnered a ton of zealous critical praise), he surprised us by leaving off some seriously buzzed-about indies (August Evening, Ballast and Frozen River), and opting to include a few tiny movies that we saw and loved this year (Momma’s Man, Chop Shop and Reprise).
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