Film: Excerpt: Jasper Morello
Directed by Anthony Lucas
Liner Notes:
A Brief Interview with Academy Award nominated director, Anthony Lucas, whose short film, The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello.
Q: What, or rather Who are you going to wear to the Oscars? Are designers coming out of the woodwork to send you their wares?
A: A suit by Cubec Clothing. They sure were.
Q: What single item do you most hope is in the nominee schwag bag?
A: I didn’t know there was a showbag.
Q: Do you get a plus one? If so, who are you taking?
A: Co-producer [wife].
Q: Did you get invited to the Vanity Fair party? I hear that’s a real scene.
A: No invite, but I believe if you show up with gold statuette its a breeze.
Q: If you win, what will your acceptance speech be like? Will it be of the “I’d just like to thank God and my agent” variety, or will you do the right thing and rant obscure political views until dragged from the stage?
A: I thought maybe a kind of random sobbing and mumbled words type deal.
Q: What is the next adventure for Jasper? Please, just a hint.
A: What is life really, and can machine be more human than man.
Q: What is the worst disease you’ve ever contracted?
A: Children.
Q: Are scientists evil?
A: They tend that way- it’s an age thing.
Q: Why do you make films?
A: Unemployable.
Biography:
Anthony Lucas’s short films have been in competition at Cannes, BAFTA, Annecy and with his production company, 3D Films, he has animated numerous TV commercials, children’s television shows and a national TV station identity series for SBS television. “The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello” is his 15th short film and uses a unique style of animation he affectionately calls the ‘Shadowlands’ “a silhouette world of gothic horror, of spindly figures dwarfed by bleak landscapes and Jules Verne machines.” “The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello” premiered at the Annecy International Film Festival in 2005 where it won the Grand Prix. Since then it has garnered awards at the Palm Springs, Toronto Worldwide Shorts and the prestigious 50th Anniversary Prize at Valladolid in Spain. Within Australia it has scooped the animation pool with 2 AFI awards , an IF Award and Flickerfest’s award for Best Animated Short.