The Tune

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Buy This Item The Tune by Triboro/American Home  Available from Amazon  $9.95  on 11-4-2008     Only a handful of independent animators have ever attempted a feature-length film, and it's regrettable that Bill Plympton's first effort isn't more successful. His extremely limited style of animation--he uses about one-third fewer drawings than Saturday morning kidvid shows--worked for his short films, but it simply can't sustain an audience's interest for more than an hour. The limits of the visuals might be less noticeable if the story were more interesting. Del, an aspiring songwriter, needs to come up with a hit in a hurry, so he can marry Didi, a secretary at Mega Music. He visits the weird town of Flooby Nooby where he hears people singing various songs--which he takes and passes off as own. At times, Plympton seems to be trying for the upbeat tone of the old Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland musicals, but those films about "amateurs" relied on very talented professional performers and songwriters. The songs in <I>The Tune</I> range from amateurish pastiches to utter doggerel. Watching <I>The Tune</I> is only slightly more entertaining than spending 69 minutes in a sensory deprivation tank. <I>--Charles Solomon</I> Reader Reviews Bill plymptons first full length movie is finally on dvd and its so good. The animation is the classic style of morphing and it never fails to stop entertaing. If your a fan of mature animation or plymptons this is a must have

The Tune Available from Amazon Price: $9.95 Updated on 11-4-2008.

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