What's this all about? A strange one indeed.. maybe has nothing to do with our project. But it is unique enough and underground to include it in review.
The quest for ice cream takes a sinister turn into the land of nightmares in animator M. dot Strange's intoxicating hodgepodge of visual stimuli. Cast out by her abusive demon lover and forced to wander the Forest of Still Life alone, frightened Blue agrees to chaperone diminutive doll boy Emmm to his favorite ice cream shop. As the pair makes their way through a dark land of demons, illusions, and shattered playthings, Blue and Emmm's journey to find a tasty treat takes on a profound new dimension.
Cast & Crew
1. Stuart Mahoney
2. David Choe
3. Halleh Seddighzadeh
4. Chaylon Blancett
5. M dot Strange
Directors
1. M dot Strange
Producers
1. M dot Strange
2. Sean Broyles
Writers
1. M dot Strange
John Anderson, Variety "An experimental film for a rare, patient viewership -- but it points an arrow toward the future of personal cinema"
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When M dot Strange touched down in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 for the world premiere of his first animated feature, We Are the Strange, thousands of Internet-obsessed teens and twentysomethings already knew more about the film than any buyer at the festival. For months M dot had been leaking footage and behind-the-scenes featurettes of the film to YouTube, and once he was accepted to Sundance he put up the trailer. It got 500,000 views in four days. Not bad for a guy who made a movie in his bedroom. With a love for 8-bit video games and stop-motion animation, the San Jose–based M dot has been honing his bizarre brand of stories since the late '90s. "I've never taken a film class or an art class ever," he says. "I learned everything through the Internet and reading books — the Internet was my film school." M dot is currently working on his next animated feature film - a 3d Samurai film entitled Heart String Marionette due for completion in Q4 2010.
M dot Strange is also an electronic musician and rapper who has produced 19 albums in the past ten years... he also has a bike.
Awards and Accolades
Official Selection, 2007 Sundance Film Festival
Animated feature film “We are the Strange” chosen over 3000 other entries to premiere at the festival.
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Golden Prize, Most Groundbreaking film, 2007 Fantasia Film festival, Montreal
Silver Prize, Best Animated film, 2007 Fantasia Film festival, Montreal
Animated feature film “We are the Strange” beats out studio films from Japan and Korea to win these prizes.