Shadow Cuts / Soft Palate

Mickey and Pluto as you’ve never seen them before. Austrian filmmaker Martin Arnold, known for his stuttering dissections of classical Hollywood cinema, directs his deconstructive impulses this time to the heritage of Walt Disney. The results, Shadow Cuts (2010) and Soft Palate (2011), are two neurotic re-animations that come to life in the darkness between images, where the viewer meets his dreams and demons. How much do we miss when we blink our eyes....