Far Out Isnt Far Enough The Tomi Ungerer Story (2013)

Far Out Isnt Far Enough The Tomi Ungerer Story depicts one mans wild lifelong adventure of testing societal boundaries through his use of subversive art This 98minute film combines traditional documentary storytelling with original animation from over 70 years worth of art from the renegade childrens book author and illustrator Using a historical palette of 20th century events to paint an artists epic yet controversial life story this HD documentary film offers a featurelength retrospective of Ungerers life and art pondering the complexities and contradictions of a man who armed with an acerbic wit an accusing finger and a razor sharp pencil gave visual representation to the revolutionary voices during one of the most tantalizing and dramatic periods in American history Far Out Isnt Far Enough explores the circumstances of his meteoric rise and fall on American soil