Monday, January 21, 6:30PM
Sundance New Frontier on Main
333 Main St. (Lower Level)
Animation with live music by Califone
FREE
I put that last bit in quotes, but all of that wondrous imagery is directly from Brent’s films.
Personally, I know Brent has a complicated and fascinating relationship with religion and the supernatural, and I’m a flat out atheist, but I bring it up because Brent really does inspire me in a way that seems to me to represent the essence and power of religion: he points out how scary and terrible and horrifying life and death are, and then he reminds you to see the beauty in that. The beauty and passion in his work are mesmerizing and awe-inspiring. You just have to see it to believe.
(P.S. Dear Sundance, please continue and expand the New Frontier section of the festival. It’s great, and will only get better, under the brilliant curatorial guidance of Mike Plante and John Cooper. Next year, Brent should be playing the Eccles.)