Zbogom, gospod Christie / Goodbye Mister Christie

Zbogom, gospod Christie / Goodbye Mister Christie

VB/UK, 2010, digiBeta, 78'. V angleškem jeziku / In English language.

Režija / Directed by: Phil Mulloy
Scenarij / Screenplay: Phil Mulloy
Animacija / Animation: Rodney Lafleur, Hubert Schubert,
Umetniški vodja / Art Director: Dan Carter
Montaža / Editing: Sui Devan
Glasba / Music: Gary Challenger
Zvok / Sound: Tony Nesbit
Glasovi / Cast: David McFadden, Catherine Spielman, Colin Berry, Veronica Speight, Lin Chi, Rudolph Kramme, Kevin Wei, Andrew Slowly
Produkcija in distribucija / Production and Distribution: Spectre Films

Christijevi živijo v Wellington Greenu – slikoviti angleški vasici s cerkvijo, ribnikom in igriščem za kriket. Navzven je g. Christie videti popoln kavalir. Navznoter je sebična, arogantna pošast. Ko na televiziji vsi vidijo posnetek njegovega spolnega odnosa s francoskim mornarjem, se Christijevo življenje za vedno spremeni. Pripravite se na šok. Film vas iz zelenih predmestij popelje v pekel in še dlje.

Novo razkritje provokativnega angleškega režiserja Phila Mulloya je nadaljevanje filma Družina Christie, ki je leta 2006 prejel veliko nagrado OIAF za najboljši celovečerni film. V tem nadaljevanju se težavni g. Christie zaplete v seksualni škandal, saj v javnost pride posnetek, na katerem se predaja strastem s francoskim mornarjem. Oster, intenziven dialog je v celoti predvajan s pomočjo računalniške sinteze govora na osnovi pisnega besedila, s čimer dobimo presenetljivo instinktivno izkušnjo likov, ki so hkrati neprijetni in izjemno zabavni. Mulloy z minimalistično estetiko in otroško barvno paleto ustvari bizarno silhueto seksualne melodrame, ki bo gledalce prikovala na ekran in hkrati zmedla.


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Phil Mulloy se je rodil v Wallaseyu v Angliji. Umetniško kariero je začel s študijem slikarstva na univerzi v Ravensbournu (Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication) in kraljevi umetnostni akademiji (Royal College of Art). Leta 1998 je začel eksperimentirati z animacijo.
Brez zadržkov je napadal konservativno senzibilnost ter kritiziral neenakost in lažno dobrohotnost sodobnih življenjskih stilov s pomočjo drastičnih, ikonoklastičnih podob. Zahvaljujoč njegovi ljubezni do absurda in dobro razvitemu smislu za humor prisotnost komičnega v njegovih delih vendarle ni nikoli vprašljiva.
Njegov prvi film Eye of the Storm (1989) je agresiven manifest proti spolnim in družbenih vzorcem obnašanja. Šestdelna serija Cowboys (1991–1992) je doživela opazen odziv doma in v tujini. Mulloy je v žanru vesterna storil korak naprej ter pokazal moški rivalski instinkt in pohlep, ki se stopnjujeta do nasilja. S svojo mojstrovino The Sound of Music (1993), šokantnim in provokativnim prikazom zakoreninjene seksualnosti in politike, ki temelji na razlikovanju med družbenimi sloji in značilnostmi naključne nasilne kulture, se je uveljavil kot mojster groteskne satire. V filmu Ten Commandments (1993–1996) gre Mulloy še korak naprej; tokrat kombinira nadrealistično z družbenim ter tako prikaže boga kot šibkega, indiferentnega in zelo zmotljivega.


The Christies live in Wellington Green, a picturesque English village with a church, a pond and a cricket pitch. Outwardly Mr Christie is a perfect gentleman. Inwardly he is a selfish arrogant monster. When the whole world sees him on television having sex with a French sailor, his life is changed forever. Prepare to be shocked. This film will take you from the leafy garden suburbs to hell and beyond.


This new outing from provocative British filmmaker Phil Mulloy is a follow-up to The Christies, which took the 2006 OIAF Grand Prize for Best Feature. In this installment, the troubled Mr. Christie becomes embroiled in a sex scandal when he is caught on tape in the throes of passion with a French sailor. Sharp, intense dialogue is played out entirely through computerized text-to-speech synthesis, producing a shockingly visceral experience of characters that are at once disturbing and hilarious. With a minimalist aesthetic and child-like colour palette, Mulloy produces a bizarre silhouette of sexual melodrama that will leave audiences enthralled and puzzled.


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Born in Wallasey, England, Phil Mulloy began his artistic career studying painting at the Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication and at the Royal College of Art. He began experimenting with animation in 1998.
Without inhibition, Mulloy attacked conservative sensibilities and criticized the inequality and false benevolence of contemporary lifestyles with drastic, iconoclastic images. Thanks to his love of the absurd and well-developed sense of humour, however, comic relief is never absent in his work.
His very first film Eye of the Storm (1989) is a feisty manifest against existing sexual and social behaviour patterns. The six-part series Cowboys (1991—1992) earned the English eccentric national and international attention. Mulloy takes the western genre one step further, showing male rival instinct and greed escalating in violence. His masterpiece The Sound of Music (1993), a shocking and provoking portrayal of the deep-seated sexual and class-based politics of a random, violent culture established him as the master of grotesque satire. In Ten Commandments (1993—1996), Mulloy pushes the principle further, combining the surreal with the social and revealing God as weak, indifferent and very fallible.


Nagrade/Awards
Ottawa 2010 (Velika nagrada za celovečerni animirani film /Grand Prize For Animated Feature)