While this isn't one of Bill Plympton's best cartoons (it's way too "normal" compared to many of his shorts), it is amazing to watch--especially when you notice that this is all done with what appear to be colored pencils--a rather labor-intensive process. I really liked his insurance ads from a decade ago more--they were very violent yet charming--but still, this is pretty good stuff. Plus, after seeing the PLYMPTOONS DVD, I realize that it's the first film he made that is the classic Plympton style.
The concept is simple: a guy's face and upper body are all you see and rather annoying operatic-style music plays as his face begins to do mega-strange things. His lips pop off and move about, his face repeatedly turns inside out, etc. Also, oddly enough, I thought the guy looked a lot like President Lyndon Johnson.
Very captivating and deceptively simple. You just can't stop watching the weirdness once it begins despite there really being no plot.
