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Animation: October 2008

INTERVIEW WITH SAM MORRISON
DIRECTOR OF "ROCKET SCIENCE!"

By Rooftop Films on 10/23/2008
Filed under: Animation, Rooftop Filmmakers, Watch Short Films

ROCKET SCIENCE!(Sam Morrison | 14:58 | Animation-Comedy) callBrightcove(1745049826, 594, 445, "#ffffff");When mystery comes calling at Grime City, captain Jack Hersey is forced to confront his darkest fear--people from out of town. Q&A Rooftop Films: Tell us about your film. Sam Morrison: My film is called Rocket Science! and it's part B-Movie homage and part contemporary satire. RT: What was your inspiration? SM: Narratively, fantastic genre movies like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Incredible Shrinking Man. My co- writer and I loved the aesthetic and the fact that, often because budgets were tight, other-worldly stories had to be conveyed... MORE »

BRENT GREEN WITH DREW & THE MEDICINAL PEN
AT THE STONE (NYC) ON TUE. OCT. 14

By Rooftop Films on 10/13/2008
Filed under: Animation, Home Movies, Rooftop Filmmakers, Rooftop Music, Watch Short Films

Rooftop Films events are more than just a movie screening--there's films you won't see anywhere else, live music, filmmakers in attendance, and a communal energy that exceeds just about anything you'll get in a theater.Which is why we're so crazy about Brent Green--his shows have all that magic and passion, pinched together with wires and duct tape, and blasted forth though old phonographs, scratchy woodcuts, and a creaking, plaintive voice. Brent makes astonishing and inspiring animated films about strange old houses, alcoholic Santas, and bringing our soldiers home from an unnecessary war one piece at a time, and he sings... MORE »

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