Former local filmmaker gives visionary his due
Peter Cooper could have used a campaign supporter like Janet P. Gardner in 1876, when he was convinced to run for president of the United States as the candidate of the Greenback Party.It probably wouldn’t have helped, though. He was 85 — then, as now, the oldest candidate to run for the office.
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Indie Focus: Bill Plympton and animation for grown-ups
Sure, ‘Toy Story’ is cute. For kids. The filmmaker wants to bring ‘Quentin Tarantino-kind of topics’ to his animated work. His latest, ‘Idiots and Angels,’ is about a bitter old guy who grows wings. Animated features have long been the favored medium for telling kid-friendly stories about princesses and cuddly creatures. But if New York-based animator Bill Plympton were to have his way …
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Q&A – Hereafter’s Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood Ponder If There’s Life After Death
Could Clint Eastwood actually be feeling his own mortality? The 80-year-old filmmaker averages a movie a year and shows little sign of slowing down. Yet his latest picture, the second straight collaboration with Matt Damon, connects three strangers through their…
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