Stranger than Rotterdam, with Sara Driver

Stranger than Rotterdam, with Sara Driver

23rd TDF: World Premiere

In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch’s sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s willingness to smuggle one of the world’s rarest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Lewie & Noah Kloster
Script: Sara Driver
Cinematography: Ben Klein
Sound: David Britton
Production: Tall Glass with Ice Productions
Producers: Lewie & Noah Kloster
Narration: Sara Driver
Format: Digital File
Color: Color
Production Country: USA
Production Year: 2021
Duration: 10΄
Contact: Tall Glass with Ice Productions

Animation: Lewie & Noah Kloster, Emily Kreusch

Lewie & Noah Kloster

Lewie and Noah Kloster are a brother animation / directing duo. Born and raised in the frozen north of the midwestern United States, old Hollywood films became their primary form of education. Their mother would often help them play hooky from school in order to watch an upcoming film on Turner Classic Movies. Robert Osbourne and Ben Mankowitz became their teachers. Their favorite were those by Stanley Donen, Karl Freund, Howard Hawks, and films like Night of the Hunter, The Cabinet of Dr. Kaligari, and Peewee’s Big Adventure.

Without budgets, animation was the only way they were able to match the size, scale, and scope of their favorite imposing filmmakers. Retreating to how animation felt before the digital age claimed king over the medium, cardboard, construction paper, cotton balls, and magic markers fill their studio to its brim. Since moving to New York City in 2013, everyday real life people have become their subjects. The city has plenty to offer. Accompanied by their dual perspectives, they are constantly digging for contemporary stories that fit within their frenzied tactile animated worlds.

Filmography

2016 Legal Smuggling, with Christine Choy (short)
2017 Devil in a Fancy Dress (short)
2018 Slinging Hash, with Laurie Lindeen (short)
2019 Stick ’Em Up, with Adam Lucas (short)
2020 Le Tour de Pants, with Ali Selim (short)
2020 Shots in the Dark, with David Godlis (short)
2020 That Time I Went to Jail (short)
2021 Stranger than Rotterdam, with Sara Driver (short)