Crikey, everything is all a bit foggy and wafty and I blame aI. Everywhere you got bizarre images of Trump as the Pope, soldiers being reunited with pets, animals being hysterical, roman Gladiators and so forth, and they are all pretty convincing and linger making a mess of your head. But there’s also the sound of animation as a craft disappearing into the distance. I did have a few lovely days at an animation festival in Dingle, and it seems people are still trying to make films, but things certainly are not what they were. I did a talk and I had not intended to show No Ordinary Joe, but the very sudden death of the voice of toddie, my very good friend ben Keaton prompted a screening of that film – and the moment of Tod’s death hit me hard and my first instinct was to phone Ben and tell him that the audience loved the film. I always phoned him from Ireland. I’m feeling his loss enormously, and sadly there have been many other tragedies this month – and the world seems very unbalanced with trump and the moon flight. yep, all a bit foggy.
Animator, Director, Writer