Came across a nice little mention of The surprise demise of Francis Cooper’s mother by Mark Flindall, the programming co-ordinator of Atlantic Film Festival…
A movie I recently programmed that I consider to be a great personal discovery: We definitely didn’t premiere it, not even close, but I really loved the short The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper’s Mother. It really felt like something special, and it’s also a pretty good distillation of my personal taste in film. It’s deeply weird, animated, has cats in it, perfect narration, and the suggestion that life goes on no matter how stupid, insane or unsuitable for life we may be. Which is actually kind of an amazing statement. Did I mention it has cats?
http://www.filmfestivalsecrets.com/2010/06/programmer-profile-mark-flindall-atlantic-film-festival/
