LAKESHORE RECORDS PRESENTS
FROM INSIDE – GARY NUMAN SPECIAL EDITION DVD
Graphic Novel-Turned Award-Winning Film From Writer/Director John Bergin
(November 13, 2014– Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records has released the FROM INSIDE – GARY NUMAN SPECIAL EDITION DVD. The
film adaptation of the 1994 graphic novel has screened in over 35
international film festivals. John Bergin, the writer/illustrator of
the novel, wrote, directed and animated the film.
FROM INSIDE may
be the most faithful film adaptation of a comic book. Bergin described;
“The animation in the film is created directly from the original
artwork. I strove to make the film look like ‘paintings that move.’ I
wanted to maintain the emotional impact that comes with having artwork
be read as a substitute for reality. Watching the film feels exactly
like reading a comic.”
FROM INSIDE is
the story of Cee, a young pregnant woman who finds herself on a damaged
train slowly transcribing its way across a bleak post-apocalyptic
landscape. Flood, war, starvation and a plague of death threaten the
train’s passengers. Cee struggles through these dangers while coping
with the memory of her lost husband and the imminent birth of her
child.
John Bergin’s life has been spent
creating art. Both a writter/illustrator of comics and a musician, most
notably in the band Trust Obey, Bergin originally conceived FROM INSIDE as
a graphic novel. After writing/illustrating the comic ASHES, Bergin
went to Tundra (the publishing company founded by Kevin Eastman, creator
of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) who published FROM INSIDE in 1994. At the same time, Trust Obey was signed to Trent Reznor’s Nothing Records.
Towing
both artistic lines, Bergin created the comics series GOLGOTHIKA, ROT
FROM THE STARS, DEATH OF A WITCH, and COCCYX, while simultaneously
working on a number of musical projects including a WARHAMMER 40K score,
Tertium Non Data (featuring Pam Bricker), Lolo, and Blackmouth (with
Jarboe of Swans). He has also worked as an animator for Hallmark and
created short films which have screened at festivals such as The Chicago
International Children's Film Festival, Temecula, Seattle, The TED
conference, and a special children's film program at The Smithsonian.
Bergin is an in-demand graphic artist, creating hundreds of movie
posters, book and album covers. He is currently working on a new comic
and soundtrack series called WEDNESDAY.
In 2008 Bergin decided to adapt FROM INSIDE to
screen. The film played the festival circuit from 2008-2010 – earning
numerous awards including Best Animated Film at SITGES, Best Feature at
Utopiales and Winner: First Feature at Fantasia. In 2014, Bergin had the
film re-scored by legendary recording artist Gary Numan and Ade Fenton.
Lakeshore Records presents FROM INSIDE – GARY NUMAN SPECIAL EDITION DVD, available through Amazon.com and other online retailers.
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