Phil Mulloy

Films

Slim Pickin's Watch Slim Pickin's

Slim Pickin's

Slim Pickin's

Cowboys
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1991)    3 minutes

Slim makes a successful run for office on the “Grab All You Can” platform. Murder and money baths follow.

That's Nothin' Watch That's Nothin'

That's Nothin'

That's Nothin'

Cowboys
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1991)    3 minutes

Cowboys trade lewd stories in the spirit of one-upmanship. Beer guzzling, bestiality and hellfire.

The Conformist Watch The Conformist

The Conformist

The Conformist

Cowboys
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1991)    4 minutes

A cowboy destroys something hard-earned and beautiful in order to be accepted by his peers.

High Noon Watch High Noon

High Noon

High Noon

Cowboys
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1991)    3 minutes

Animator Phil Mulloy’s ghoulish ballad of bloodlust nods to the original HIGH NOON’s real-time narrative and epic showdowns.

Outrage! Watch Outrage!

Outrage!

Outrage!

Cowboys
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1991)    3 minutes

A stick figure treatise on sex and shame.

The Sound of Music Watch The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music

Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1992)    11 minutes

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Not to be confused with the syrupy musical of the same name, this SOUND OF MUSIC is one of animator Phil Mulloy’s ghastliest portrayals of a culture deformed by violence and greed.

The Invention of Writing and Its Destruction Watch The Invention of Writing and Its Destruction

The Invention of Writing and Its Dest...

The Invention of Writing and Its Destruction

The History of the World
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1994)    3 minutes

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Animator Phil Mulloy follows a simple maxim in hypothesizing the origins of writing: the crudest explanation is most likely the correct one.

The Discovery of Language Watch The Discovery of Language

The Discovery of Language

The Discovery of Language

The History of the World
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1994)    4 minutes

A simple parable of language and shame.

Thou Shalt Not Adore False Gods Watch Thou Shalt Not Adore False Gods

Thou Shalt Not Adore False Gods

Thou Shalt Not Adore False Gods

The Ten Commandments
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1994)    5 minutes

Brutally mocking stories of the triumphing human spirit, Phil Mulloy’s animation invokes God’s wrath as a kind of sick punch-line.

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery Watch Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

The Ten Commandments
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1994)    6 minutes

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Two gentle astronauts develop feelings for one another as they drift into deep space. Though they know they’ll never again see their rotten spouses back on Earth, the sanctity of their marriage vows keeps them apart.

Thou Shalt Not Steal Watch Thou Shalt Not Steal

Thou Shalt Not Steal

Thou Shalt Not Steal

The Ten Commandments
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1994)    4 minutes

Animator Phil Mulloy stacks capitalist realities against the biblical injunction. The moral of this story is that acting justly only leaves you exposed for the economy’s inevitable collapse.

Thou Shalt Not Commit Blasphemy Watch Thou Shalt Not Commit Blasphemy

Thou Shalt Not Commit Blasphemy

Thou Shalt Not Commit Blasphemy

The Ten Commandments
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1995)    5 minutes

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Phil Mulloy’s allegorical take on the commandment against blasphemy is itself deeply irreverent. Yawning through a church service, God amuses Himself with human suffering.

Remember to Keep Holy the Sabbath Day Watch Remember to Keep Holy the Sabbath Day

Remember to Keep Holy the Sabbath Day

Remember to Keep Holy the Sabbath Day

The Ten Commandments
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1995)    7 minutes

Phil Mulloy’s roundabout evocation of God’s commandment to keep the Sabbath involves an alien abduction.

Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother Watch Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother

Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother

Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother

The Ten Commandments
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1995)    5 minutes

Phil Mulloy doesn’t illustrate the Fourth Commandment so much as obliterate it.

Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Watch Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness

Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness

Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness

The Ten Commandments
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1995)    6 minutes

Nathan and Emmylou may be Joesville’s holiest couple, but their arousing dreams say otherwise. Phil Mulloy’s sharp fable interprets the commandment against bearing false witness in terms of the unconscious.

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour's Goods Watch Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour's Goods

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour's ...

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour's Goods

The Ten Commandments
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1995)    5 minutes

Animator Phil Mulloy interprets the penultimate commandment as a lesson in economic imperialism.

Thou Shalt Not Kill Watch Thou Shalt Not Kill

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Thou Shalt Not Kill

The Ten Commandments
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1996)    3 minutes

In animator Phil Mulloy’s sacrilegious take on the Job story, the forsaken man does not accept his fate meekly.

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour's Wife Watch Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour's Wife

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour's ...

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour's Wife

The Ten Commandments
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1996)    10 minutes

The tenth commandment would seem to provide easy fodder for Phil Mulloy’s twisted imagination. Instead, he plunges further out-of-bounds than expected for this epic conclusion to his “Ten Commandments” series.

The Wind of Changes Watch The Wind of Changes

The Wind of Changes

The Wind of Changes

Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1996)    16 minutes

Based on the wry recollections of Romanian violin virtuoso Alex Balanescu (who also contributes the soaring score), Phil Mulloy’s surprisingly heartfelt animation contemplates the meaning of artistic freedom.

The Chain Watch The Chain

The Chain

The Chain

Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1997)    13 minutes

Phil Mulloy’s contribution to a series of animated films commemorating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights takes a characteristically dark view of the human condition.

The Sexlife of a Chair Watch The Sexlife of a Chair

The Sexlife of a Chair

The Sexlife of a Chair

Dir. Phil Mulloy
(1998)    8 minutes

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Phil Mulloy’s witty exercise in the power of suggestion uses rudimentary animated drawings of chairs to diagram a Kinsey Report's worth of sexual behaviors.

Intolerance I Watch Intolerance I

Intolerance I

Intolerance I

Dir. Phil Mulloy
(2000)    12 minutes

Phil Mulloy’s acerbic space odyssey kicks off with scientists recovering a roll of celluloid from the distant planet of Zog.

Intolerance II Watch Intolerance II

Intolerance II

Intolerance II

The Invasion
Dir. Phil Mulloy
(2001)    15 minutes

Phil Mulloy’s multipart sci-fi satire picks up steam as the warring humans and zogs pass each other in outer space en route to their respective invasions.

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Recent Reviews

Tony Minich

High Noon

Thought provoking. This cartoon homage to the original 1951 Gary Cooper/Grace Kelly was wonderful! The ending is totally unexpected.


Frances Cunard

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

In Outer Space there is no religion...a matter of moral ambiguity. How ironic when we apply this archaic law that simply does not have relevant enforcement of the Biblical law...


Jim Dugas

Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother

talent for artist's black comedy animation


Shem Bingman

Thou Shalt Not Commit Blasphemy

It was OK. (This one at least was within the scope I was expecting from the title.)


Shem Bingman

Thou Shalt Not Adore False Gods

This short film was barely within the range of possible meanings of the title; I was disappointed. I was hoping it would tackle the topic a little more directly.


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