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The Cat Piano
''The Cat Piano'' is an animated short film directed by Eddie White and Ari Gibson and narrated by Nick Cave. Plot ''The Cat Piano'' is narrated by the main character of the animated short, an anthropomorphic cat. It is clear that the narration is a poem, which the poet is typing on a typewriter. In the beginning, we are introduced to his city's love of music and musical prowess. The poet singles out one female singer of whom he is clearly enamored, quoting her singing as "A voice that made all the angels of eternity sound ... tone deaf". Shortly afterwards we are introduced to an overbearing structure beyond the sea, appearing to be a lighthouse. Its light quickly goes out, foreshadowing malevolence. Singers and musicians begin to disappear into thin air, "Like sailors lost at sea". As police investigate the missing cats, they find human shoeprints. The main character begins to explain the Cat Piano and its terrible function. We are informed that the Cat Piano is an instru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie White (director)
Edward Alexander White (born 9 October 1981), known as Eddie White, is an Australian writer/director and co-founder of The People's Republic Of Animation. White won an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Short Animation for '' The Cat Piano'' (2009). The film was also shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Short Animated Film in 2010. Biography White was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He graduated from the Flinders University Drama Centre where he majored in Drama Performance. White made his directorial debut in 2003, writing and directing his first animated music video ''The Bomb (Sixxx Legs)'' for Triple J unearthed band The Fuzz. He followed up in 2005 writing and co-directing his first short film, ''Fritz Gets Rich''. He created and directed the short series ''Errorism: a comedy of terrors'' an animation that centred on a hopeless terrorist in a Betty Boop style landscape. In 2006 he wrote ''Carnivore Reflux'' which he co-directed with James Calvert. The film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |