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Rick Raxlen

Rick Raxlen

Rick Raxlen is associated with: Sea Horses and Flying Fish

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Sea Horses and Flying Fish (2020)

A one-minute animation treat that celebrates the art of sound poetry as Christian Bök recites words from Hugo Ball, one of the leading pioneers of phonetic poetry. ...

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Fish Don't Talk (2020)

"I am sent to camp as a nine year old. I cannot swim, and my parents have gone to Europe for six weeks! It is 1954, and I have not been away from home much…so I refuse to swim, and fish off the dock. My mother writes in her trip book. It is the only book ...

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Kanga vs Werewolf (2020)

"Done on cels almost entirely. I rotoscoped werewolves and cops and babies and animals and maidens-in-distress and put on a dub reggae track by my son Mossman so it bubbles along in a kind of nonsensical way…very colourful and frantic but not seizure-ind ...

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Haunted House (2014)

The re-animation via rotoscope of parts of Bud Fischers SLICK SLEUTHS (1928) into a loopform. ...

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Mumbles (2010)

Raxlen's hand-drawn animation sits in with Oscar Peterson. ...

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Rocka-Lula-Hula (2009)

Hula dancing. Animation; mixed media. ...

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Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous (2008)

Clint Eastwood whistles with Kyle. "The most engaging work in the program, creating such a heightened sense of awareness and connection to the screen... ...

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Deadpan (2002)

Described as "the jauntiest meat-is-murder movie ever made" and "irrational," "Deadpan" deals with dinner-table angst from the fifties. Laughter is forbidden. Anxiety reigns. Cow tongue is served. What to do? ...

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U - Champions (1999)

"Mutt and Jeff meet Felix in a battle for the letter "U". Using old black and white cartoons and contact-printed 35 mm film that I scratched on, I combined the three elements into a primordial soup. ...

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Slippage (1999)

In the dark winter of 1995, Linda Giles, a Victoria-based installation artist, had a show at the old XChanges Gallery on North Park Street, in Vancouver. Before the show came down, Suzy Raxlen donned her black tutu and inked her sensitive hands with the pr ...

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The Geometry of Beware (1998)

One-minute of found footage of Mutt and Jeff from 1926 is literally reconstructed via paper prints from photocopies and pen and ink drawings. ...

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The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red (1996)

A portrait of male mid-life crisis as told through the story of a frustrated poetry teacher--and sometime madcap radio deejay--who's fond memories of watching Roy Rogers on TV is activated when an old childhood buddy drops in for a visit. ...

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Horses in Winter (1988)

Reflections of a man who as a young boy spent his summers in a small Canadian town. ...

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Tongue Tied (1988)

Part of a trilogy that started with Grey's Lullaby, Tongue Tied was shot and processed at E.T.C. and set aside for three or four years. It deals with an artist on a voyage and is reflective without being too serious. It is in black and white, and uses a st ...

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Duck Talk (1984)

A short, sweet tape. Kind of painterly in its use of camera as it moves in a fluid way over a set that consists of a white picket fence, a plastic goose and hen, plastic, larger-than-life daisies, and some miscellaneous electronic gismos. ...

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Flagman's Nightmare (1984)

Made during a love-affair (short) with bridges, road-crew workmen and their day-glow coloured vests, flags and markers, Flagman's Nightmare is part of a loose trilogy. Grey's Lullaby and Pure Mutation being the other two pieces. ...

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Self-Portrait (with Fish) (1984)

"I bought a children's fishing set and inside there was a red fish. Using real-time analog with digital montage, I created this video just as I would practice my favourite hobby : fishing. A dense work, yet one which is full of nuances. ...

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Pure Mutation (1984)

A biology lab circa 1920, becomes colourized as the camera engages in a number of pans past strange forms in bottles and under glass. This is the basis for a formalist exploration of shape, colour and tonal loops on the sound track. ...

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15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows (1983)

This video is a collage of images that takes the viewer down a path between their own virtue and cosmic morality. A quiet anxiety emerges as the strip explores the non-mathematical possibilities of the violent destruction of matter, as well as the habits i ...

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Jaffa-Gate (1982)

1930's found-footage, slowed down with original music. ...

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Earthware (1975)

This short, impressionistic film takes us to Nigeria, Japan, Mexico and India, where craftsmen work clay to produce ritual vessels and everyday objects. ...

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Mirage (1972)

An intriguing inside-out view of moving figures and images, made by using a color negative print. Figures and faces appear in a shimmering haze. These are shades of people and of movements, appearing, retreating, as in a mirage. ...

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Anger After Death (1971)

A film mingling documentary and dramatic elements to portray the effects of the threat of chemical and biological warfare on the contemporary mentality. The chemist who manufactures the secret weapons, the scientist who comments on them with complete detac ...

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The Sky Is Blue (1969)

A fanciful story, done in paper cut-outs, of a boy's journey through the skies on the tail of a kite. He soars high above the earth, encountering birds, aeroplanes, the stars, a spaceship and other heavenly bodies before floating back to his starting point ...

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Movies Starring Rick Raxlen (2)

Think Before You Think: A Portrait of Rick Raxlen (2020)

"Think Before You Think" is a portrait of film poet, animator and artist Rick Raxlen. Shot on 16mm film and digital video at his Victoria, BC home and studio over the course of a year, the film follows Raxlen's daily practice, uncovering the rituals and ge ...

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Running Time (1974)

This feature film is an exotic romp through the '60s in song and dance. A fantasy that pokes fun not only at some hallowed institutions but at itself as well. ...

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