* Cartoon Noir Screening. New York, New York, USA. December 3, 1999.


This feature-length compilation of animated short films features works from the American and European artists. Featured in CARTOON
NOIR is: APE, Julie Zammarchi's darkly comic critique of monogamy, meat
eating, and the daily pattern of human brutality; ALTAIR, Lewis Klahr's
collagist elegy on New York nightlife; CLUB OF THE DISCARDED, Jiri Barta's
tale of a family of discarded mannequins who enjoy a quiet life in an
abandoned warehouse until a group of hipster mannequins move in and spoil
the neighborhood; GENTLE SPIRIT, Piotr Dumala's Dostoyevsky-inspired story
of the psychological landscape between a young lady and an ominous male
figure; JOY STREET, Suzan Pitt's story of a woman who journeys from
suicidal despair to personal renewal with the help of an unlikely spirit
guide; and THE STORY OF THE CAT AND THE MOON, Pedro Serrazina's
mini-classic of the fatalistically unrequited love as a cat ceaselessly
seeks the moon. The film will play December 3 at Cinema Village and willbe
followed by a national release in most major markets.


Contact info:

Phil Hall

Open City Communications

Tel.: (212) 714-3575

E-mail: Opencity@aol.com.