Lipsett Diaries

Lipsett Diaries (2010)

Les journaux de Lipsett

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.

Date of release
2010-10-10
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (11)
Runtime
14m
Genres
Animation, Documentary
Director
Theodore Ushev

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 0. Including: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Animated Short; Annecy International Animation Film Festival

Lipsett Diaries is a 2010 short animated documentary film about the life and art of collage filmmaker Arthur Lipsett, animated and directed by Theodore Ushev and written by Chris Robinson. The 14-minute film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal, where Lipsett had worked from 1958 to 1972, before committing suicide in 1986. The film is narrated by Xavier Dolan.

Production

The film was animated by hand-painting the frames, using computer editing to link the images. Ushev estimated that 40 frames were painted per day during production. Lipsett Diaries was Robinson's first attempt at screenwriting.

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