Cowboys: That's Nothin' / Kavboji: To ni nič
Max Winston (CalArts)
2008, USA, 03'26''
A part of the Cowboys series. A few Cowboys meet in the local Saloon and talk about hot sex.
Del serije Kavboji. Nekaj kavbojev se sreča v lokalnem salonu in se pogovarja o vročem seksu
Language: English
Recommended for children under 14 years old: No
Technique: drawing on cels, pencil on paper, cut-outs
Team
Copyright Phil Mulloy for the Arts Council and Channel 4
Phil Mulloy (1948-2025)
was an award-winning British animator born in Wallasey (Merseyside). He studied painting and film and worked as a live-action film writer and director all until the late 1980s, when he began pursuing animation. His animations are mostly described as “satirical grotesque”. In addition to portrayals of contemporary social, political and religious values in a humorous and often shocking way, depictions of the dark sides of human nature have been his favourite pastime. He made over 30 animated films and is best known from his trilogy Intolerance 1, 2, 3 (2000-2004), series Cowboys (1991) and The Ten Commandments (1994-1996). He has won many international awards and frequently mentored in workshops for upcoming animators.
“Phil Mulloy died on July 10, 2025, at age 76. He leaves behind a unique, provocative, and unyielding body of animated films that relentlessly challenged societal norms, exposing hypocrisies in religion, politics, and culture with raw, minimalist aesthetics and biting wit. Mulloy was animation’s provocateur – a satirist who wielded ink and paper like weapons, confronting viewers with uncomfortable truths in a medium too often associated with comfort and innocence. Born in Wallasey near Liverpool on August 29, 1948, Mulloy’s early years were marked by the strict discipline of the Irish Christian Brothers at St. Anselm’s College, an experience that forged his lasting skepticism toward institutional authority and moral hypocrisy. He later described these formative years succinctly: “Anything that beats you into submission, you question forever.” Chris Robinson, Let Fury Have The Hour – Remembering Phil Mulloy, 13/7/2025, www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/let-fury-have-the-hour-remembering-phil-mulloy-248483.html