When Adam meets Virginia
Filmmaker Adam Elliot sits down to discuss his animated feature Mary and Max on ABC's Artscape.
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Next Tuesday night on ABC’s Artscape, filmmker Adam Elliot will discuss his new animation, Mary and Max.
In 2004 Eliot when won an Oscar for his short film Harvey Krumpet.
Here he chats with Virginia Trioli discussing just what it took to make his $8 million ffeature over five years.
Mary and Max explores the pen pal friendship between an obese New York Jew with Aspergers syndrome and a plump young girl from the ‘burbs in Australia. It is also the first Australian feature ever to open the Sundance Film Festival.
The story is based on a real pen-pal relationship Elliot has had with a New York man for many years.
The film features quite a voice cast including Barry Humpries, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette and Eric Bana.
Artscape: Adam Elliot In Conversation airs 10pm Tuesday on ABC1 and will be repeated on ABC2 – Sunday, May 17 at 7:00pm.
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I saw M&M on Tuesday and recommend it to all! So so funny yet so so sad at the same time. Very Aussie feel, it’s wholesome viewing which makes your heart glow a little… Go see it! 🙂
Mary and Max is one of the animated features in the last few years. Very good movie in its own right with an Australian heart.