_evelyn_lee

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SYNOPSIS: A man is shot and can only survive as a head and a body who exist independently from one another. The forgetful body desperately collects souvenirs, while the head is lost in a series of illusions. Actions contradict thoughts as the two take divergent paths, and it is only through destruction that the two find a means for reunification.

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In a graphic style that successfully melds free-form, sketchy expressionistic lines and textures and others
representing clinical diagrams and symbols, we see the process of a soldier being shot and wounded.
But Lee presses forth a bold parable, where the patient's head is being amputated. Body and head
independently wander and ponder until their wary reunion.
-Tony Reveaux, CineSource Magazine, May, 2009

The viewer is carried through in a dream-like narration that is often attempted by filmmakers and
rarely succeeds. Kanizsa Hill is the exception to this trend; the (dis)connected narrative flows
perfectly, causing just the right levels of clarity and wonder.
- Jesse Hawlish, SLUG magazine, January 19, 2009

The story of a man's detached head unfolds in wave after wave of fantastically fresh and innovative
drawing styles and collage techniques.
- Paul Sbrizzi, Gallery Host, Co-Chair Shorts Programming, Slamdance Film Festival

They come along every so often, and I just don't know what I'm supposed to make of them. Evelyn
Lee's "Kanizsa Hill" is an animated experimental film about a man who gets shot and the resulting
damage causes the hospital to sever the head completely. The rest of the short involves a headless
body in hospital garb wandering around collecting souvenirs while the severed head sits next to a
talking tree. Oh, and there are little spinning Pac-Man looking circles that create Kanizsa triangles
when animated. Indeed.
Visually, the film is brilliant. Lots of different animation styles, from line work to some interesting
crayon sketches to that stop-motion looking live-action herky-jerk you see in music videos
every once in a while. For that alone, it is worth your time to check out. If, however, you want me to
tell you want it means... um, body without head is into acquiring things, head without body is into
pondering things, body with head is into destroying things. Oh, and we see things that aren't
necessarily there in an attempt to make sense of our surroundings. The end?
4 stars
- Mark Bell, Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice (2008-11-04)

It is such unique story-telling that you should at least give it a go. You may just be surprised.
- Shane Morton, Indie Express, November 5, 2008

In “Kanizsa Hill,” a man literally loses his head. Problem is, he can only survive now as an independently
existing head and body. Los Angeles-based Evelyn Lee’s animated film, created with a variety of
dynamic drawing and collage techniques, is sure to be a visual adventure.
- Kasia Pilat, Metro International, Celebrating Independents’ day, April 21, 2009

Employing an eclectic blend of drawing and animation styles, the symbolic tale of cloistered minds
and bodies careers from hyperrealism to colorful, impressionistic fantasy, and from dark comedy to
philosophical musing.
- Arizona Film Festival

A beautifully animated, head-scratching mind trip of a film that’ll leave you wondering, “What
the hell did I just watch?” (In a good way.)
- Phil Yu, Programmers’ Recommendations, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

SYNOPSIS: A boy walks down a bustling city street where he has an unusual encounter with a piece of graffiti that jumps off a city wall, and teaches him about the word on the street.

This film was made possible by and commissioned by Sesame Workshop.