{"id":2358,"date":"2021-07-09T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T14:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2021-07-09T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T14:24:16","slug":"ari-aster-boards-supernatural-chilean-stop-motion-short-the-bones-as-executive-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chiledoc.cl\/en\/ari-aster-boards-supernatural-chilean-stop-motion-short-the-bones-as-executive-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ari Aster Boards Supernatural Chilean Stop-Motion Short \u2018The Bones\u2019 as Executive Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Variety<\/a>
\nJULY 7, 2021<\/p>\n

Winners of an Annecy Animation Festival best feature jury distinction, Chile\u2019s Crist\u00f3bal Le\u00f3n and Joaqu\u00edn Coci\u00f1a (\u201cThe Wolf House\u201d) have wrapped shooting on a new short, \u201cThe Bones,\u201d a stop-motion piece for adult audiences with a bold auteur aim.<\/p>\n

\u201cBones\u201d is produced by Lucas Engel\u2019s new company Pista B in co-production with Diluvio (\u201cThe Wolf House,\u201d Niles Atallah\u2019s \u201cRey\u201d). Director Ari Aster (\u201cMidsommar,\u201d \u201cHereditary\u201d) and Adam Butterfield are executive producing the short. It will be ready to premiere in the second half of this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith \u2018La Casa Lobo\u2019 (\u2018The Wolf House\u2019), Coci\u00f1a and Le\u00f3n struck me as the clear successors to Jan Svankmajer and the Quays,\u201d Aster told Variety of his decision to board the film. \u201cHere they seem to be channeling Ladislas Starevich and Joel-Peter Witkin, while sharpening their uncanny and unmistakable signature. \u2018Los Huesos\u2019 is a brilliant film by two utterly singular filmmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n

American composer and charismatic violinist Tim Fain created the film\u2019s original score and sound design. Fain is known for his musical performances in Darren Aronofsky\u2019s \u201cBlack Swan,\u201d in which he also co-arranged the onscreen music, and his work with legendary composer Philip Glass. Fain also worked with composer Nicholas Britell on Barry Jenkins\u2019 \u201cMoonlight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Bones\u201d is a dive into recent Chilean history just as the country is drafting a new constitution to replace the current document, which was passed during Augusto Pinochet\u2019s brutal dictatorship. It will be the first time since 1833 that the Chilean constitution will be written by a citizen convention elected by popular vote. The new Constitution must be approved by a plebiscite in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bones\u201d\u2019 premise is a callback to the world\u2019s supposed first stop-motion animated film. Dated 1901 and excavated in Chile in 2021, the 16mm footage documents a ritual in which a young indigenous girl uses human bones to summon the spirits of the two best known ideologues of conservative Chilean values \u2013 founding father Diego Portales and close Pinochet collaborator Jaime Guzm\u00e1n \u2013 to \u201cunwrite\u201d history.<\/p>\n

Shot in black and white on celluloid film, or at least a convincing recreation, Fain\u2019s score and sound design are clipped with a out-of-tune distortion that lends to the film\u2019s antique authenticity, while also enhancing the supernatural feel of the girl\u2019s incantations.<\/p>\n

Le\u00f3n and Coci\u00f1a are also working on their second feature film. It is currently titled \u201cLos \u00c1ngeles\u201d and \u201cwill be a mixture of puppets, animation, sets and one actor (Antonia Giesen). This film will be a way of dialoguing with the tradition of science fiction and adventure films, but from the world of Chile and South America,\u201d Coci\u00f1a said.<\/p>\n

Le\u00f3n added: \u201cWe want to reimagine those traditions. What if an adventure film from the \u201850s that imagines VR gets itself stuck in a virtual world and dissolves into that reality?\u201d<\/p>\n

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