Red Light, Green Snack
After finishing The Boxtrolls, Laika’s Travis Knight said stop motion was the worst way to make a movie. Yet, in recent years, we’ve been treated to surprising offerings — $9.99, Mary and Max, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Madame Tutli Putli — not to mention consistent powerhouses like the Quay Brothers poking at our soft psyches, or Aardman Studios inviting us over for chuckle and cuppa. The rare beauty, Knight agrees, lies in rigorous, hands-on effort. It’s a sentiment with which a great chef like Kelsey Kerr, co-author of The Art of Simple Food and Zuni/Chez Panisse alum, might agree. This makes “Stop & Go: Made from Scratch” a sensory master stroke: Pairing a thematic suite of original stop-motion shorts with nibbles and tastings from Standard Fare, Kerr’s singular eatery which provides only farm-to-table take-out served in ceramic pots. Tonight, you might see how chicken in piperade complements ink blots which turn into butterflies, or how quince compote might perfect the tale of a lemon and a cat who survive the final apocalypse.
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