Ars Virtua is proud to present the Second Life premier of We are the
Strange on Friday June 29 at 6pm SLT. http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Seventh%20Eye/1/102/46
M dot Strange takes us into the new realm of video game structured
and inspired storytelling with his character's harrowing quest for
ice cream. The variety of animation styles, game and cultural
references and distopian beauty of this work make it important to
modern filmmaking. Add to this that m dot strange created this
virtually single handedly and had it selected for Sundance based on
his YouTube audience and you end up with a very powerful piece of
contemporary media.
We are the Strange is an animated feature film in which two
diametrically opposed outcasts fight for survival in a sinister
fantasy world. After meeting in the somber Forest of Still Life, an
abused young woman (Blue) reluctantly follows a care free dollboy
(Emmm) to Stopmo City on his unreasonable quest for ice cream.
They�re lives are constantly in jeopardy after they�re caught in the
middle of a deadly battle between bizarre monsters on their way to
the ice cream shop. A flamboyant ultraviolent hero(Rain) appears and
effortlessly dispatches all the horrible monsters in his path. Blue
meets Rain before he partakes in an impossible battle against the
source of all that is evil in Stopmo City. When it seems as if
darkness will have the last laugh a gleaming fist made of aluminum
foil bursts through the ground thus starting the final showdown
between mega_good and hyper_evil.
We Are the Strange is its own imaginative and immersive universe. M
dot Strange spent three years painstakingly creating this film, using
a range of animation techniques�traditional, stop-motion, computer,
and his own unique blend of 8-bit graphics and anime, dubbed
�Str8nime.� The stunning visuals are complemented by a soundtrack
that is both beautiful and harrowing. The end result is a freaky
technocarnival ride that climaxes with a momentous battle between
innocence and darkness.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seventh%20Eye/1/102/46
http://wearethestrange.com
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