It centers on Grace Puddle, a lonely hoarder of ornamental snails who lives in Canberra.
The latest “clayography” runs 20 minutes in black and white stop-motion, similar in style to Elliot’s previous films. The bittersweet biography centers on a deaf Parisian taxidermist, blending humor and tragedy to create a powerful meditation on love and life. Ernie Biscuit is narrated by Elliot’s long-time collaborator John Flaus.
Ernie Biscuit will have its world premiere at ...
Though only a minute in length, Adam Elliot’s first student film, the hand-drawn ‘Human Behavioural Studies, Series One’ (1996), is like a calling card for the Australian animator, laying out in its three remarkably compressed character studies an interest that would typify all his future works: the tragicomic drama of ordinary lives. -Movie Gazette (from info on Harvie Krumpet...
1976年，8岁的玛丽·黛西·丁格尔（贝丝妮·惠特摩尔 Bethany Whitmore 配音）是澳大利亚墨尔本的一个小女孩，喜欢动画片“诺布利特”、甜炼乳和巧克力。玛丽的妈妈是个酒鬼，而在茶叶包装厂工作的父亲平日只喜欢制作鸟标本。孤独的玛丽没有朋友，某一天心血来潮给美国纽约市的马克思·杰瑞·霍罗威茨（菲利普·塞默·霍夫曼 Philip Seymour Hoffman 配音）写了一封信询问美国小孩从哪里来，并附上一根樱桃巧克力棒。44岁的马克思患有自闭症及肥胖，碰巧也喜欢看“诺布利特”动画片及吃巧克力。二人的笔友关系从1976年维持到1994年，期间各自经历了许多人生起伏，直到成年的玛丽（托妮·科莱特 Toni Collette 配音）终于来到纽约看望马克思……
本片获2009年法国昂锡国际动画影展最佳动画长片奖，柏林国际电影节水晶熊奖及渥太**际动...
Adam tells us the story of an older cousin, who had cerebral palsy. Adam would go over to play, and they'd dress as superheroes, jump off the shed, and run about the the street with an old shopping trolley. Adam explains his cousin's wayward left arm, his strong right one, his aunt's understanding of her son's rages ("bake a cake," she'd tell him), and the boy's love of swimmin...
