Interview time at LMO again. This time around, we are chatting with Albert Birney, the director of Obex. The trailer for Obex looked really interesting: 8-bit gaming, shot in black and white, and just quirky.
Birney has been a movie maker since about 2010. He’s a huge fan of 8-bit animation, creating a series called Tux & Fanny. In the interview, he laughed that he found out Fanny means something different in the UK.
You can see Tux & Fanny here. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this, but the animation is excellent. Yes, it’s very simple, but the attention to detail is spot on.
Birney’s biggest movie to date is Strawberry Mansion. I haven’t had the chance to see it yet, but it’s on my watch list. Again, it looks like quirky fun.
I have seen his new movie, Obex, and I genuinely loved it. It’s an interesting story, with an interesting ending. A feel-good movie, but set in the world of 8-bit, black and white, craziness.
Anyway, that’s enough from me. Here’s the interview with Birney.
The only bad thing about doing these interview is that they never seem long enough. I honestly could have could have chatted with him for hours. He was genuinely interesting, and I loved his love of movies, which were not mainstream at all.
Can you learn more about Birney on his website and, as I said, Obex will be on Blu-ray and digital on the 9th of March. See my review here.
