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6.6/10 • 59

2004-05-170h 13m

DocumentaryAnimationDramaFantasy

Centres on Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse.

Directors
Chris Landreth
Writters
Chris Landreth
Editors
Allan Code

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  1. Ryan Larkin

    Ryan Larkin

    Self - Interview Voice (voice)

  2. Chris Landreth

    Chris Landreth

    Self - Interview Voice (voice)

  3. Felicity Fanjoy

    Felicity Fanjoy

    Self - Interview Voice (voice)

  4. Derek Lamb

    Derek Lamb

    Self - Interview Voice (voice)

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CinemaSerf

Mar 31, 2024

7/10

It's almost like a Tim Burton movie this. It's a story by animator Chris Landreth about his acclaimed and Oscar nominated compatriot Ryan Larkin. The latter has succumbed to drink, recently kicked a cocaine habit and is living a hand-to-mouth existence with just C$10 in his pocket. The startlingly effective animation: sometimes full bodied, sometimes skeletal, sometimes morphing human imagery onto the imagery (or vice versa) serves as quite a spooky bedrock for the ensuing interview which, at times, comes across as Landreth being worried that he, too, might be heading for this path of creative self destruction. I hadn't heard of either man, and so helpfully this is painted with extracts from two of Larkin's earlier works. "Walking" (1968) is something to behold - the hand-drawn attention to detail and the musculature is simply astonishing. This is amongst the best animations that I have ever seen - it mixes a sort of reality with the fictional in an almost unsettling fashion whilst revealing a few traits of both of the individuals who feature. Well worth 15 mins, I'd say.

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Status
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Original Language
English
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