When I say the word puppets, what images come to mind? Do pictures of bright-colored Muppets singing and dancing run through your head? Or perhaps, the word conjures hand-puppet shows you may have watched in elementary or Sunday school. Well, forget all you remember, because Los Angeles filmmaker Sam Koji Hale is about to shatter […]
Hollywood, Take Notice: Jim Henson-Style Puppets are Hot: Toby Froud’s Film Greeted by Enthusiastic Sell-out
Deep in the heart of the Hollywood District in Portland, Oregon a very magical film premiered this past weekend. Filmmaker Toby Froud, best known as the baby stolen by Goblin King (David Bowie) in Jim Henson’s ’80s fantasy film Labyrinth, resurrected the Hensonian tradition of live-action puppetry on the big-screen. Froud’s film, Lessons Learned opened to […]
