Monkey vs. Robot

a short film by Geoff Marslett
2 ½ minutes
video 1999

Director, Editor, Producer, Animator, etc...Geoff Marslett
Musician...James Kochalka
Assistant Inker...Melanie West

FILM SYNOPSIS:
Exciting lo-fi animation set to the music of James Kochalka Superstar. Monkeys hit Robots with sticks. Robots shoot Monkeys with lasers. They both love their mothers. Why must they hate each other?

The catchy music and simple Curious George-esque animation of the award-winning short film "Monkey vs Robot" has met with laughs and cheers (and a lot of support for the monkey) at its worldwide screenings.

"That's the kind of movie I'd like to start my day, every day - it just puts me in a great mood!" Mike White, Editor of Cashiers du Cinemart

Ned Vizzini of the New York Press writes about Spike and Mike's
"The best short, however, has got to be "Monkey vs. Robot," which boils the whole man-machine Kasparov dilemma down to a tussle between our respective mascots. Monkey and Robot bare their teeth to a hopelessly catchy theme song ("M-O-N-K-E-Y Monkey! R-O-B-O-T Robot!") that hits you somewhere deep."

"It ought to become the new national anthem." B.V. Moorhead of the Phoenix New Times

Dan Krovitch in Film Threat Weekly refers to the "many notable works including the crowd pleasing music video, Monkey Vs Robot from Geoff Marslett"

Marc Savlov describes Monkey vs. Robot as "gleeful silliness" in the Austin Chronicle.

Theatrical Screenings:
Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation 2000

Television and Video:
Available on both Spike and Mike's Classic Festival of Animation DVD and Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation vol. 7 videotape.
Screened on PBS on the EGG Arts Show duringthe 2001-2002 season on their Meet the Micrecians episode.
HBO Central Europe 2002.

Festival Screenings:
Santa Fe Film Festival Dec. 2003
Michigan Independent Film Festival, Oct. 2003
Movieside Film Festival, Chicago, IL March 2003
First Night, Boston, MA January 2003
Non-Dairy Film Festival, Maine 2002
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX, 2001
Plan B Three Minute Film Festival, Santa Fe, NM, 2001
Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, UT, 2001
South By Southwest Film Festival, Austin, TX 2000
Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival, Taos, NM 2000
University of Texas Director's Guild Showcase, Los Angeles, CA 2000
Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2000
Eyeball Music Video Festival, Athens, GA, 2000
North By Northwest Liverpool Film Festival, England, 1999
Dallas Video Festival, TX, 1999
Palm Springs Shorts Festival, CA, 1999

AWARDS:
Special Jury Award for Creativity at CinemaTexas, Austin,1999
Best Animation Award at Microcine Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, 1999
Nominated for Best Animation Award at Rag Tag Cinema in 2001

At least temporarily there is no longer a way to watch "Monkey vs. Robot" online.
It is licensed through Hypnotic.com and they have currently discontinued streaming short films.

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