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Kafka’s Bugaboo

Kafka’s Bugaboo

Kafka's Bugaboo

Emily Breer | Joe Gibbons | USA | 1999 | 5' |

| IFFR 2000

A neurotic scholar, played by Gibbons, leads a ‘buggy’ ride tour through historic Charleston where, according to the professor, Franz Kafka wrote The Metamorphosis after taking a wrong turn on his way to Hollywood. Live-action with 6-legged animation.

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Film details

Country of production: USA
Year: 1999
Festival edition: IFFR 2000
Length: 5'
Medium/Format: Betacam SP PAL
Language: English
Premiere status: World premiere
Director: Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons
Producer: Emily Breer
Screenplay: Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons
Cinematography: Joe Gibbons
Editing: Emily Breer
Principal cast: Joe Gibbons
Sales / World rights holder: Video Data Bank (VDB)