Tongul Torture (2009) by Chris Casady

Chris Casady, known for his energetic abstract graphics and colorful Flash title sequences, has worked in motion picture effects, music videos and TV commercials from his studio in Los Angeles, CA. He has designed the opening for the American Film Institute's L.A. International Film Festival and has won two Clio awards for previous work in animated commercials. He has directed animated music videos for the Beastie Boys as well as Eddie Murphy and Michael Jackson.

A graduate of CalArts, Casady also creates personal films with a style reminiscent of masters like Oskar Fischinger and an energy both whimsical and forceful that have garnered international recognition. His early film Pencil Dance (1988) won top awards at international animation festivals in Canada, France, Japan and Italy upon its release and his recent Puddle Jumper (2007) was the Third Prize winner at the Punto y Raya Festival presented by MAD Actions and The iotaCenter.

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[Israe5l]

What is this? I like it.

[TileNut]

@sffilk That sounds like me. We were Bozos back then. I was really into the Firesign Theater (It's their joke). We nicknamed the rotoscope department on Star Wars the "Bozoscope Department" because we were all such clowns, fresh out of film school. Nice to make your acquaintance Michael Liebmann. - Chris C.

[sffilk]

@TileNut - I'm one of the fans you said it to. I got your autograph on something that also said "We're all Bozos." I ended up being the costume caller at that convention. Name is Michael Liebmann.

[TileNut]

Why.... Yes, I am. Did I really say "we're all bozos" to a group of fans in 1977?? Who are you???

[sffilk]

Are you the same Chris Casady who worked on a "small" project in an industrial park in Van Nuys back in the mid-1970's who said "we're all bozos" to a group of fans back at Casualcon in Anaheim back in the early summer of 1977?

[tmesa]

Great Chris! I love it!

[SSegal]

Great! It's nice to see a new Chris Casady film.

[devonimation]

Fabulous Chris! When do we get to see the whole thing on the big screen?

[jonsurf]

Nice Chris, looks like it was actually fun to make. I fantasize about doing something like this, congrats!

jon