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Undone is the last significant film or television project I can think of that used rotoscoping to push the television medium forward, but an upcoming SXSW film is using that labor-intensive technique to capture a sense of the past.
The Spine of Night, a new ultra-violent fantasy horror film that debuts at next week’s virtual film festival, is made in the style of artists like Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta and recalls projects like
Heavy Metal and
Richard E. Grant (
Lucy Lawless (
Patton Oswalt (
A.P. Bio), and more lend their voices to this movie. Take a look at the trailer below.