Sound by Tim Taylor & Freddie Fresh "Scissorhands(o.d.s remix)"
"Unbearable Being" originates in 35mm, this hand painted and collaged film moves through loops and projectors. A playful piece on personal identity crisis.
“A Hand-Painted combustible collage” —Josh Siegel, Assistant Curator MoMA
1997, 16mm, color/sound, 2 min. Rental $20
A post-industrial visual monster. The multiple layers of this film each contain separate and individual films. Each representing different ideas, ranging from enjoying coffee to being overcome by an industrial society laden in radiation.
1991 16mm, color/sound, 3 min. Rental $20
Sound by Crank Sturgeon, Michael McKay, Colin Barton, Mark Anulli and James McKay.
"Images of Broken Face" is the intertwining of three films; an experimental film, a social/political satire, and a narrative. The narrative section, featuring artist James McKay, flows through layers of distortion creating a collaged landscape of image and sound bites. The social/political satire, "Lobster and Cow", reflects the current social gender rolls of boys and girls. Appearing first, is a structural piece, five frames of 35mm film shoot horizontally creating one 16mm film frame, the circles, cut-outs, and hexagons are from the 35mm piece reprocessed onto 16mm for Re-photography.
1993, 16mm. color/sound, 7 min. Rental $25
Like footnotes at the end of a book, "Broken Footnotes" gives further information to the ideas in and out-takes from "Images of Broken Face."
1994, 16mm, color/silent, 8 min. Rental $25
"Four Short Films" are four previously unreleased films all originally generated in 35mm. They are: "Skull For You!”, "Side Show of the Damned (preview trailer)", "Part2", and "Skull Two You!", these "Four Short Films" were completed between 9/92 – 9/97.
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A vindictive gun-wielding Skull battles his way though a collaged landscape of Hollywood films.
This film was made as a preview trailer for a multi-media performance show held at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA. This "trailer" was exclusively shown in its original 35mm hand collaged state before the feature attractions for three months prior to the performance show. Audiences up to 500 people were subject to this pirate projection, confusing and bewildering many. This concept of "preview trailer as original art" caused a stir in the local film going community.
Sound by Aki and Colin
"Part 2" is the "That's Entertainment, Part 2" preview trailer dissected and re-interpreted.
The sequel to "SKULL FOR YOU!". Coming from a childhood background directly affected by HBO and cable TV, "SKULL TWO YOU!" is a further social commentary on violence in cinema and a meditation on the female role in modern cinema. A reactionary regurgitation of pop culture, and a personal account of how youth is affected by violence in cinema. The images retain as memories in a disjointed childhood. The film lives in the time of a falling woman and what flashes to her on the way down.
2000, 16mm, color/sound, 8 min. Rental $30