Life in Death

Death—the very word is resonant with emotion, imagery, and meaning. It is the ultimate life-event that all living things will eventually experience; as such, it comes as no surprise that death is often a popular theme of literature, art, games, cinema, music, and even animation. Dennis Tupicoff, world-renowned animator, writer, and producer, is an expert on the narrative application of death in animation. Take a journey with Tupicoff as he goes in-depth into the many themes, associations, and practices found in film and especially animation. Life in Death: My Animated Films 1976–2020 explores death as it relates to experience, storytelling, theory, and narrative. The examples in the very readable text are organized into three broad categories: cartoon, documentary, and hybrids of various types.

KEY FEATURES


Explores death as a narrative theme within cinema and animation

Biographical insight into Dennis Tupicoff’s works and how the subject of death impacted these completed award-winning films

Special online access to Dennis Tupicoff’s animated works

In-depth exploration into ten of Dennis Tupicoff’s most influential animations