The Magician of Ostend: The films of Raoul Servais
L'Alliance New York
This program surveys most of Raoul Servais' short films, all restored by the Belgium Cinematek. Servais, a celebrated Belgian animation artist, experimented with graphic style and animation techniques throughout his career. He contributed to filmmaking with the invention of Servaisgraphy, a pre-CGI process to blend live-action and animated shots, notably used in his award-winning Harpya (1979). With a mix of biting dark humor and lyricism, Servais also deeply committed himself to exposing tyranny and war in films such as Chromophobia (1966), Sirene (1968), and Operation X-70 (1971).
Saturday, February 7
In Person: Vito Adriaensens (filmmaker and scholar), Emily Ann Hoffman (filmmaker)
The Magician of Ostend: The films of Raoul Servais
L'Alliance New York
This program surveys most of Raoul Servais' short films, all restored by the Belgium Cinematek. Servais, a celebrated Belgian animation artist, experimented with graphic style and animation techniques throughout his career. He contributed to filmmaking with the invention of Servaisgraphy, a pre-CGI process to blend live-action and animated shots, notably used in his award-winning Harpya (1979). With a mix of biting dark humor and lyricism, Servais also deeply committed himself to exposing tyranny and war in films such as Chromophobia (1966), Sirene (1968), and Operation X-70 (1971).
Saturday, February 7
In Person: Vito Adriaensens (filmmaker and scholar), Emily Ann Hoffman (filmmaker)