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TIFF Preview: ‘Lipsett Diaries (Les Journaux de Lipsett)’ – Theodore Ushev

By sir warren b leonhardt on September 1, 2010

Last updated on September 2, 2010

‘LIPSETT DIARIES (LES JOURNAUX DE LIPSETT)’ – Theodore Ushev, French (English available), 14 min.

“A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted into a clash of images and sounds charting a prodigious frenzy of creation, a tableau depicting an artist’s dizzying descent into depression and madness: with Lipsett Diaries, Theodore Ushev renews his filmmaking aesthetic and explores what happens when genius is on a first-name basis with madness.“

Director’s Bio:
Theodore Ushev studied graphic design at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia and scenic arts at the Fine Arts School in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. His short films include The Man Who Waited (06), which screened at the Festival, Tzaritza (07), Drux Flux (08), which was named one of Canada’s Top Ten short films, and Lipsett Diaries (10).

Screening at:
Short Cuts Canada: Programme 2

Official Website:
http://films.nfb.ca/lipsett-diaries/

Trailer:

Interview w/ Theodore Ushev & Chris Robinson:

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Warren Leonhardt spent too much time watching tv, reading comics, or doodling in his math textbooks to really pay attention, but he thinks he was raised the Kootenays of British Columbia by two grownups and a sister. After realizing that cartoons and animated films don’t make themselves but were actually made by people, he decided to become one of those people. Over time he’s managed to fool companies like House of Cool, Disney Canada, Spümcø, Sony Pictures Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Corus into actually paying him money to draw funny pictures and generally goof around as a storyboard artist for animated features and television. He currently lives in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada with his long-suffering wife and toddler. In between drawing till his hand falls off and fending off the wildlife invading his property, he interviews people more interesting than himself for CAR.CA.

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