Midtown Twist
Synopsis:
A cartoon history of the evolving urban landscape in Midtown Manhattan, its various uses and abuses, accompanied by a wild sax. Commission animation for the New York Times.
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A cartoon history of the evolving urban landscape on the West Side of Manhattan, from colonial times to postmodern gentrification, all to a jazz beat. Commission animation for the New York Times.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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By all accounts, it was a bad day to punch a clown in the head.
- Experimental
- Abstract
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This was my first music video and to this day probably the hardest film I’ve ever made. I’m surprised and delighted that people still feature this in series and festivals. It’s dear to me, and I’m glad some folks get a kick out of it.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
- Musical
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- Drama
- Music Videos
- Tragedy
- Sci-Fi
- Abstract
- Experimental
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A young boy is dropped off at an elderly woman’s home for the day. A lone man, who rents a room, adds to the unsettling atmosphere.
- Drama
- Experimental
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Snuff is upset to find that Creep Rat got breast implants.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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Some people say cartoons make children violent. But they can also teach them how to survive violence.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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When a shit wagon driver’s mother nags him about not being married, he explains his lowly status with a stinky example.
- Comedy
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In an outer-world night, creatures that live beneath human consciousness emerge and take hold of the narrator, dissecting his spirit and dismembering his thoughts. He beholds a mythical eternity filled with shadowy industrial scenes and monochrome textures—a heavenly hell of unending life and death.
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Official music video for “The Music Scene” by Blockhead.
- Music Videos
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Barko is a lonely and unloved dog that has established himself as the unwilling clown of a circus run by poodles. His seemingly random fear of hot dogs is rationalized by flashbacks conveying a former owner who occupies his time tormenting the poor pup with the processed snack. Yet, in the end, Barko suddenly finds himself in the arms of a caring boy who shows him that he can experience a little love after all.
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
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This is Streetlight Manifesto’s second music video, this time for “Would You Be Impressed?” from the record “Somewhere In The Between”.
- Music Videos
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Action