THE PINK EGG
Dir. Jim Trainor. 2016
USA, 71 min.
THE BATS
Jim Trainor, 1999
USA, 8 min.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 – 7:30 PM (Q&A with director!)
MONDAY, AUGUST 7 – 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 – 5:00 PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 – 10:00 PM
TUESDAY, AUGUST 29 – 7:30 PM
Luis Buñuel’s observation – “You can find all of Shakespeare and de Sade in the lives of insects” – was the bulb that drew chronicled Chicago-based anthropomorphic animator, Jim Trainor, to illuminate this troublingly experimental entomology, in which human actors wordlessly enact the emotional life-cycles, ever-complicated sex lives, and savage dinner plans of wasps and bees. Once quoted as saying, “If my films were live-action, I’d probably be jailed,” Trainor unearths this puzzlingly stylized depiction of nature in all her deceitful HD glory.
Hey, everyone, Jim Trainor here. THE PINK EGG is not 110 minutes, it is only 71 minutes. A sleek 71 minutes, I should say.
Thanks Jim! Excited for this !!