Episode 180: THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (2003) with Sarah Huisken

With returning guest Sarah Huisken of the Cult Film Collective! THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE is plot-light but craft-heavy. Its French style takes inspiration from many eras and regions of animation to build a descriptive, sometimes unsettlingly detailed picture of a fictional city and its unique inhabitants. With Sarah, we pull apart what exactly the movie is doing with its technical achievements, share our favorite bits of character-building animation, and discuss mixing discrete styles and conventions to make something that feels new. Links: - Find your local abortion fund at https://abortionfunds.org/funds/ - Find the Cult Film Collective and inquire about membership at https://cultfilmcollective.com/ - Find Sarah on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/CalzoneWizard/ - Source for the pronunciation of sacre bleu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12XFhoID0jw - “NIC CAGE, NATIONAL TREASURE” (June - Aug 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/national-treasure/ - “GENE TIERNEY” (July 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/gene-tierney/ - “YAPHET KOTTO” (Aug 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/yaphet-kotto/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Closing song: “Belleville Rendez-Vous” by Benoît Charest and Sylvain Chomet and performed by Matthieu Chedid from the THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 180: THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (2003) with Sarah Huisken 2:46 - Cult Film Collective membership and the Video Library 8:07 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 10:15 - What makes TRIPLETS a touchstone on the stage of world animation 24:28 - The Oscar-nominated song “Belleville Rendez-Vous” and remix culture 31:37 - Little gestures, pointed grotesqueries, and “descriptiveness” vs. “expressiveness” 54:38 - The Junk Drawer 1:10:41 - Cody’s Noteys: Trylove Feud