WHY DOESNT SFS MUSEUM OF MODERN ART SHOW MUCH CONTEMPORARY ANIMATION?
I THINK IT IS THE GREATEST ART FORM OF OUR TIME AND WHAT IS BEING SHOWN IN NYC (AND AT ASIFA OPEN SCREENINGS IN SF, SEATTLE, PORTLAND, ATLANTA, ETC.) PROVES INDEPENDENT ANIMATION IS ALIVE AND WELL. IS THE TROUBLE HERE THAT THEY AND THEIR ART DEALER FRIENDS DON’T KNOW HOW TO PACKAGE AND SELL IT? BILL PLYMPTON TO HAVE OFFICIAL NEW YORK PREMIERE OF “GUARD DOG ” AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART It will be in a program of live action shorts on Monday, Jan. 3 at 8 PM and on Jan. 21 at 5 PM. Bill also tells me his next short will be quite different from his past work. The Fan and the Flower is a black and white work based on a script by Dan O’Shannon who wrote for the TV show Frasier. He says it is a cute and sentimental story. It has been animated and he is working with the author on the final edits. He expects it to be entered in festivals soon. Another film in the works is a sequel to Guard Dog. This time it will be Guide Dog (for the blind). The subject suggests several ghastly jokes. Bill was
