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January 19, 2007
"We Are the Strange" premiers at Sundance!
San Jose's M dot Strange hits the big screen tonight at the Sundance Film Festival with his feature length animation, "We Are The Strange." Mista Strange, as he's known around town, has been creating this labor-of-love for the past 3 years locked in a basement somewhere beneath the streets of San Jose. Some notable local artists that lent their talents to this incredibly creative effort include David Choe, Sean Boyles, and Mitsy Ovalles. Congratulations!
If you can't make it up to Sundance this week for one of the four screenings, fear not, your next opportunity to meet the professor of Strange himself is just around the corner at Cinequest in San Jose. Anno Domini will present an exhibit in conjunction with the festival featuring art from the making of "We Are The Strange." The artists' reception will be held on First Friday, March 2nd, 2007. See you downtown!
"We Are The Strange" a film by M dot Strange
Blue is a young girl navigating the streets of a terrifying, sinister fantasy world all alone. When she meets Emmm, a fellow lost soul, she joins him on a quest for some ice cream. Upon arriving, they realize the ice cream shop has been taken over by dark forces, and the whole city is teeming with evil. Bizarre monsters surround Blue and Emmm on all sides until Rain, a sadistic hero, arrives to rescue them and exterminate the source of the evil.
We Are the Strange is its own imaginative and immersive universe. M dot Strange spent three years painstakingly creating this film, using a range of animation techniques: traditional, stop-motion, computer, and his own unique blend of 8-bit graphics and anime, dubbed "Str8nime." The stunning visuals are complemented by a soundtrack that is both beautiful and harrowing. The end result is a freaky technocarnival ride that climaxes with a momentous battle between innocence and darkness.
Posted by Brian at January 19, 2007 09:03 PM