{"id":11722,"date":"2013-12-04T02:52:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T02:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=11722"},"modified":"2019-08-09T21:32:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T21:32:52","slug":"claire-blanchet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/claire-blanchet\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Claire Blanchet, director of “The End of Pinky”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hailing from Fredericton, New Brunswick, filmmaker Claire Blanchet has since taken up residence in Montreal after graduating from Concordia University’s animation program in 2007. She began her involvement with the National Film Board of Canada<\/a> in 2009 with <\/b><\/i>The Wobble Incident<\/b><\/a> (co-directed with Sam Vipond<\/a>) and this year completed <\/i>The End of Pinky<\/a>, a dreamlike film noir adaptation of a short story by acclaimed Canadian author Heather O’Neill<\/a>. The film, which has been selected for some of Canada’s most prominent film festivals since its release, boasts one of the most sophisticated and inventive uses of stereoscopic compositing seen in animated short film. It tells the story of Johnny, a troubled-yet-charming crook wandering the streets of Montreal in search of his former friend Pinky, with whom he has a score to settle. Combined with a superb score, charming character animation and wisps of black comedy in its narrative, it is a piece of work to look out for. Skwigly relished the opportunity to find out more from one of the NFB’s promising up-and-coming talents.<\/i><\/b>
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