The Animation Show Volume 3

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For those who missed Mike Judge and Doug Hertzfeldt’s semi-annual Animation Show when it visited their local theater, here’s another collection of the best and most imaginative animated shorts culled from the screenings. As with previous volumes, there’s a wide variety of animation styles on display in Volume 3, from CGI (“No Room For Gerold,” about quarreling animal roommates) and 2-D (“Tyger,” based on a poem by William Blake, and featuring puppet work with animation) to live action/animation blends (“Carlitopolis”) and one-dimensional work (Hertzfeldt’s affecting “Everything Will Be Okay,” about its line drawing protagonist’s struggles with mental illness). Subject matter is equally diverse, from the wryly comic “Astronauts” and Bill Plympton’s “Guide Dog” (a sequel to his “Guard Dog”) to the atmospheric “Tyger” and the noir-influenced “Shuteye Hotel.” Judge himself contributes an intro courtesy his malcontent alter egos of Beavis and Butthead; the package includes cnversations with several of the filmmakers about their shorts, as well as text interviews with all 11 filmmakers, which can be viewed in PDF format through the viewer’s DVD-ROM. Trailers and previews for other MTV programs and previous volumes of The Animation Show round out the extras. — Paul Gaita

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Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt have returned with another collection of incredible animated short films! This program brings together the best work from The Animation Show’s 2007 theatrical program and additional groundbreaking shorts, 17 in all. See the latest work from leading independent animators – Don Hertzfeldt, Mike Judge, Bill Plympton, Joanna Quinn and Pes! There’s an enormous array of great animation that’s rarely seen in the United States. We hope this formative new DVD series will continue to bring more artists and unseen classics into the spotlight for many years to come…