Bender Films
Posted on March 27th, 2006 in of interest and
I knew Bender before he was Bender. And I definitely knew Bender before he was Bender Films, but I saw the gleam in his eye. (Hmmm, I think it was first noticed in 9th grade art class with Mrs. Barney…) Anyway, Jason Lockyer is Bender Films now, and he makes wonderful short films and then gives them to us on a mostly monthly basis. Spend some time with these gems and beneath the humor, play, and whimsy you’ll discover one dude’s earnest investigation of identity, alienation, angst–all that stuff we’ve come to expect from late-capital, postmodern life in these fine United States (especially the City of Angels, where Jason makes his home.)
Bender’s most recent film, Happy Day, is really something. He’s expanded his use of the medium of lo-fi digital animation and created a tiny, compact (albeit dense) world to knock around in for a brief 1 minute 49 seconds.
