Theatre is about sex. At least according to Richard Foreman, the father of the Ontological Hysterical Theatre. The Ontological Cowboy documents Foreman’s invocation of the ‘manifest destiny’ of avant-garde theatre, King Cowboy Rufus strolling down San Juan Hill with a sigh, waving his handkerchief. Foreman plays himself and the cast pantomimes his preoccupations. If the cast and crew suffer alike, it is all for a good cause: the violent rebirth of American theatre, with Foreman as its midwife.
Also in this combined programme
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Shalmont Field
Short and apparent classic. The female film maker plays both the good and the bad cowboy for the final shoot out.
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Echoes of Bats and Men
With a small bat as the protagonist and its nocturnal flight over historic and industrial Rhode Island.
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Sunbeam Hunter
Poetic impression of a journey after the shadows or if necessary an echo before it disappears into the clouds.
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The Red and the Blue Gods
Small handmade film with a grand cosmic story about coloured gods who touch the sun.
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Flying Saucey!
In the tradition of slapstick with food from the earliest film comedies. And just as much fun.
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Rattles and Cherries
Small-scale silent comedy with the filmmaker herself in the leading role as a striptease artist and mother to be.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2005
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 17"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
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Shalmont Field
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Echoes of Bats and Men
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