Annecy Review: 58th tackles its tragic true story with supreme artfulness and care
One of the great animated movies of the past decade is Carl Joseph E. Papa's The Missing , a stunning work that tackles childhood sexual abuse with utmost sensitivity, care, and creativity. It's a movie that shook me to my core, left me weeping, and one that I think about often. So when I heard that Papa had a new movie premiering this year, it skyrocketed to the top of my list. 58th premiered at Rotterdam earlier this year and has now played at Annecy, with more festival appearances in its near future. It's another major work from one of our most exciting animation filmmakers, and another one that takes on heavy subject matter. Papa's work is such a great example of how animation can be used to tell any story, and is maybe even particularly well-suited to depicting the horrors of the world. Like The Missing , 58th employs rotoscope animation, which I'm always drawn to. It allows a certain immediacy of emotion to come through the screen, but as I was watching/cryi...
