Idiots and Angels
Bill Plympton
USA, 80’00
Mon 1 September, 7pm

The Horse Hospital
Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1HX
Tube: Russell Square, Piccadilly Line Buses: 7, 59, 68, 91, 168, 188

Over 20 years into his career Bill Plympton still hand draws each cel. Rough and visceral, his cartoons display the pleasure and challenge of every line he draws.

“Idiots and Angels”, his sixth feature, is a dark comedy about a man’s battle for his soul. Angel, a selfish and morally bankrupt man, wakes up one morning with wings on his back. He tries to hide them, but eventually everyone at Bart’s Bar, where he hangs out, discovers them and ridicules him about his bizarre appendages.

This slyly sardonic black comedy full of sexual longing and twisted fantasy showcases his unique graphic pencil-drawn style, and is underscored by the groaning music of Tom Waits, Pink Martini, Moby and others.

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