Brent Green at the Kitchen 2/13, with thankful contributions by Jim Becker, Fred Lonberg-Holm, and Brendan Canty.

GUEST BLOGGER: Lana Fee, PERFORMA

This evening, the room felt much more like a living room than a kitchen. Brent Green invites some friends over to play some music and light a fire, while he tells the stories. Bursting directly into ‘Hadacol Christmas’ presents one of the cleverest snow-storm sequences I have ever seen from a stop-motion animator. Mr. Green is certainly the quintessential ’scrappy’ stop-motionist, in terms of his repertoire of materials. Surely, his Pennsylvania barn is full of creatures and specimen. The climax of the stories results in screaming and aggressive pounding, while all instruments are impeccably controlled and music precisely timed to the imagery. Brent Green creates his own oral tradition for his audience, and I am pleased guys like him have a place to share.

Posted by Lana | Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 | Leave a Response