ANIMATED FEATURE FILM SHOWS AT RITZ

Wargoon Flishe will next be presented at the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis on Monday, November 19th at 7 p.m. The screeening will be a fundraiser for the Ritz Theater Foundation, and all money raised will go to the Ritz. The screening will also feature live DJing by Ancient Mixmaster Greg Carr.

Wargoon Flishe was called, "hypnotic and completely overwhelming," by City Pages writer John Behling, who said it included "mind-bending feats of creativity." In Northeast Beat, writer Dan Haugen said, "the animation style is bizarre and nontraditional, to say the least." And Chuck Olsen of Minnesota Stories called it an "animated masterpiece." Wargoon Flishe was an official selection in the Calgary Fringe Film Festival and was shown on August 12.

Wargoon Flishe is both the name of the movie and the name of the central heroic character of it. Wargoon is a hero out of ancient myths, but one slightly updated to this age of commerce and mass media. He rises to greatness by virtue of cannibalism and arrogance.

His story is a movie like a cave painting drawn on magazine advertising.

Animator John Akre used a variety of animation techniques to create the movie. He also narrates the film, provides the voices for all the characters, and voices the sound effects.

Here's what the City Pages had to say about Wargoon Flishe.

Northeast Beat interviewed me about my animation techniques.

Minnesota Stories featured the Wargoon Flishe trailer.

I now have a big box of copies of Wargoon Flishe. Email me if you are interested in one.

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