Mary And Max is a full length clay-animated feature by Adam Elliot (2009). "A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York." (imdb). This film has had a lot of mixed reviews due to the amusing anecdotes and hidden jokes that mask the depressing undertone of the piece. When watching this I felt very uneasy as I wasn't sure whether to find it amusing or tragic. Elliot's work have been dubbed "clayographies" as his work is all based on the stories of individuals and often based on his own relatives or friends. Among other things his work creates awareness of disability in an entertaining and engaging format.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978762/
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