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Barber Gull Rub

Genre

Comedy, Narrative-Fiction

Directed By

Matthew Rankin

Date: May 2008
Length: 00:02:24
Process: B&W
Country: Canada
Language: English
Shooting Format: Super 8mm
Sound Format: Music, Voice-Over

Synopsis

Winnipeg Film Group. Deep in the winter of 1986. Guy Maddin is in the process of filming Tales from the Gimli Hospital and needs to rub a dead seagull on somebody’s chest. Immediately, Dave Barber agrees, submitting his bare flesh to Maddin’s road kill and to film history. (This film was commissioned by the Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque for its 25th anniversary, Silverscope)

Tags

absurdity, appropriation, Guy Maddin, process, recreation, storytelling, surreal

Credits

Director
Matthew Rankin
Cinematographer
Matthew Rankin
Editor
Matthew Rankin
Cast
Dave Barber, Darcy Fehr

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