From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-verizon.net> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:19:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Paul Zaloom in "Dante's Inferno" Speaking of CORALINE, my daughter won a pair of Coraline Nikes from the website and password at the end of the movie. They arrived the other day and are very unique looking! Mary Horsley mphorsley-AT-verizon.net On Apr 24, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Alan Cook wrote: > What I love about "Dante's Inferno" is that first, it is TOY > THEATER. And that as a film, it is EXPANDED TOY THEATER---there is > not just one version of cutout characters, but versions with > different poses or facial expressions. > > It gves new life to an old theater form. > > AND it is available for purchase. > > As is Steven Ritz-Barr's FAUST, with beautiful small marionettes by > Eugene Seregin which feels like traditional 3-D small theater. (Also > available for purchase). > > And speaking of film, CORALINE expands the possibilities of stop- > motion puppetry. Many on puptcrit have seen it on 3-D screens, but I > am amazed at the number of puppeteers who did NOT get to the > theaters in time for its release. > > Alan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan McGuire > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 6:11 AM > To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Cc: Paul Zaloom > Subject: [Puptcrit] Paul Zaloom in "Dante's Inferno" > > I just had the pleasure of watching "Dante's Inferno", a miniature > puppet > theater production, on DVD. It features some major stars along with > Paul > Zaloom, and I think it is pretty great. The style recalls Jenny > Geiser's > work, but there is some shadow puppetry and an outrageous in-person > appearance by Zaloom as Satan. > > I'm very familiar with "the Inferno" - and even worked on a puppet > opera > version with Indonesian artists entitled "Visible Religion" (toured > Seattle, > Chicago) that was well received. This production has a lot of fun > with the > revered text and puts a lot of your least favorite politicians where > they > belong - in hell. The execution - music, sound design, lighting > performances > - is excellent and raise the bar for puppet productions. A musical > number > about lobbyists in Washington is worthy of Broadway. > > I strongly recommend it. <http://www.dantefilm.com/> for more > information. > > DAN MCGUIRE > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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