John follows Mike Orlando, an elderly knife & blade sharpener who pulls his grinding-stone on wheels up John’s quiet street in the summer, ringing a school bell to announce himself along the way. A ‘musical’, intended for use with a live band. A sync-sound, unrehearsed Camera Dance, made in one shot.
Also in this combined programme
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Scanning 5
Performance in which John Porter, with the projector in his hand, provides a stunning surround-Super8 environment. -
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Firefly
The film maker improvises a performance for the camera with a small lamp swinging on a long chord. Long exposure times and unexpected lens errors… -
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Landscape
A small landscape painting with the still young film maker and his mother, calmly sketching on the edge of an agricultural area. -
Amusement Park
Magnificent use of the time-lapse technique completes the transformation from fairground attractions to immaterial light objects. Uncomplicated zoomin -
Exams
A beautiful time-lapse registration of hundreds of tables in a large hall that is occupied in a brief time by an equal number of students. -
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Santa Claus Parade
Toronto’s great annual Christmas Parade, seen from the end of the long and wide University Avenue. Filmed for eight hours at four frames a second. -
Rock Jam
An action painting made with a Super8 camera of large groups of visitors at different rock concerts. -
Toy Catalog 3
For many large children among the viewers, undoubtedly an unexpected sentimental journey. The screen fills up with piles and piles of mini-toys from t
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 1998
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 3'
- Medium/Format
- Super 8
