Sita Sings the Blues: Solo Animated Feature Making Waves

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Forum: CG News
Posted By: mfanyikazi
Post Time: 05-17-2008 at 03:59 PM
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New York based animator Nina Paley has been working on this solo animated feature for several years. For me it's testament for where talent and a whole lot of will power can get you. Here's a quote from her interview in Wired Magazine:

Wired: You've shown that you can take a tiny amount of money and make a computer-generated feature film, as close to single-handedly as possible. What does this bode for animation?

Paley: We're going to see more of this. Mine is one of three independent animated films coming out of New York City this year. Granted this is the only one that one person animated alone, but the others are also marked departures from the film business as usual. And with machinima, you're going to have people making feature films with essentially videogame programs. So, great, we have that to look forward to!

And links to reviews of the film:
Premiere’s Top 10 Films of Tribeca 2008

“wittily written, brilliantly acted”
–Variety

“beautifully audacious”
–Premiere

“One-Woman Pixar”
–Wired

“a unique depiction of the epic”
–Zee News

“…both heartfelt and consistently witty, the type of low-fi animated musical that puts Disney to shame.”
–FilmMaker Magazine/IFP

“a strange and beautiful little film”
–Spout

“funny and eye-popping and never bogs down.”
–Nerve

“One of the best films playing at the…Tribeca Film Festival this year”
–New York Magazine

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