Critics Sing Praises Of Paley’s Flash Film
The gargantuan effort and time Nina Paley spent to get her independent film, Sita Sings the Blues, to the silver screen appears to have been well spent. This 82-minute, Flash-animated feature has already wowed audiences at the Berlin International Film Festival, but her recent screening at the Tribeca Film Festival (where she caught “Tribeculosis” - ha!) has revealed a torrent of glowing reviews. This morning, Variety’s Ronnie Scheib said that her film “constitutes an irrefutable argument for classic 2-D animation as a viable, vibrant low-budget arthouse medium for adults.” How ’bout them apples?
Along the way, Paley paused to join Bill Plympton, Matt Singer and Alison Willmore in an animation discussion with IFC:
If you haven’t seen it already, here’s the trailer for Sita Sings the Blues, dubbed “The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told”:
Tags: Festival, Nina Paley
May 13th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Saw it, LOVED it. The opening sequence with giant Hindi gods floating through space looked incredible on the big screen!
Amazing. Catch it if you can, there’s ONE PRINT making the rounds.
May 21st, 2008 at 11:42 am
With only one print (talk about tragic) my chances of seeing ‘Sita Sings the Blues’ on the big screen aren’t very good. Here’s hoping IFC picks the film up for broadcast. What I’ve seen here and on youtube is a knockout. 82 minutes in 4 years! Amazing.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
this, looks, AWESOME! I fear that Atlanta is too lame to pick this film up in our indy theaters. Animation appreciation is still in its infancy here. But my hopes are much like that of kongobot, maybe IFC will pick it up. (fingers crossed)