DN SXSW2010: Junko’s Shamisen – Sol Friedman

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DN SXSW2010: Junko’s Shamisen – Sol Friedman

By MarBelle ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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Alongside the feature strands, SXSW runs several shorts programmes throughout the festival, which often provide an early chance to see the work of up and coming directors. Sol Friedman’s Kabuki inspired short, Junko’s Shamisen has to be one of the most ambitious, and visually stunning pieces I’ve ever seen. He joins us to discuss the painstaking blending of green screen footage with hand drawn, computer composited animation and a ‘dead’ fox.

I’m quite proud of the Canada Council for the Arts, to recognise that a project needs to have the flex room to really explore things and certain things you just can’t lock down until you actually get down to business.

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MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the latest incarnation of this disorder and so much cheaper than film school. Twitter: @MarBelle