Drinking and Drawing

Dan told me about ‘Drinking and Drawing’ when he came in the studio the morning after.

He went out to the bar of one of our colleagues on the Lower East Side of New York with a light box, a pile of white index cards, and an intern (Lee Rubenstein, now the production designer at Next New Networks). Dan and Lee ordered some beer and Dan was determined to finish drawing an animated film by hand in one sitting.

At first I thought he was crazy. But just for a minute or two.

As he showed me the drawn index cards and Lee played a little video he’d shot during the course of the night it all seemed cooler and cooler. Dan always has great ideas and this one was just crazy and great enough to work. One by one the drawings kept getting funnier and schizier and I knew with Dan’s skills it would come together into a wonderful film.

It seemed like a great idea for a big event.

DRINKING AND DRAWING
January 23rd 8PM
M1-5 Bar 52 Walker St. @ Church
Manhattan, NYC

–Fred