Bob & Teresa’s 16mm Film Night: Presenting Short Films by Skizz Cyzyk and Plenty More

A curated screening of real 16mm film shorts! Two sets of approximately 45 min. each with a bar break intermission.

Doors at 7:30, Films start around 8pm.
No cover

First set will be all animation, ending with 5 films by Skizz, a brief Q&A after, then a break.

Set # 2 features the cult film
Possum Living, a quirky documentary showing you how to quit your job and live off the land in suburban Philadelphia, 1970s style.

Content warnings for sensitive viewers: flashing strobe effects in the Pickle song. Extremely immature strong language in Manager’s Corner. Animated horrors of war including mass death and bodily harm depicted in Pica Don. Brief turtle violence in Possum Living.

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Our program begins with a film made of cut paper animation by Evelyn Lambart, who worked on many film projects with Norman McLaren. “Fine Feathers” tells a story of two birds and their battle of fashion and vanity. 1968.

Frank Mouris' Oscar-winning “Frank Film” is a nearly overwhelming stream of inner wondering and collaging. Using two soundtracks and over eleven thousand images, Frank Film will leave you mentally breathless. 1973.

“Bead Game”. Intricate stop motion animation by Caroline Mouris (yes, spouse of Frank) is a wonderful swirl of animal imagery depicting a world of power and conquest to a deadly end. 1977.

“Pica Don”. This early Japanese animation tells a terrible story of the destruction of Hiroshima in 1945. The film is very intense, perhaps too much for some. We think it's an honest look at history. 1978.

“The Doodlers”. Hand drawn animation by Kathy Rose. Silly, playful, psychedelic and light. 1975.

Five films by longtime Baltimore filmmaker and musician Skizz Cyzyk: Gumballs. Manager's Corner. Trilogy: Cheese Tweezer, Schrakticlat, My Little Pickle Love Song. Spanning 1989-2004, all on 16mm film.

Skizz’s set of short films, “Four Films In Five Minutes: A Trilogy” stacks up the fun with absurd original songs and hand-drawn graphics to animate “Cheese Tweezer”, “Schrakticlat”, and “My Little Pickle Love Song”. 6 min.

“Gumballs” rivals our favorite abstract form-and-shape animations from the Pratt collection or National Film Board of Canada, but with vivid candy colors and a snazzy drum soundtrack by Skizz. 1 minute.

In “Manager's Corner”, Skizz has hilariously animated the recording of charismatic former Orioles baseball manager Earl Weaver’s unrelenting cussing in a deadpan radio interview. 2 1/2 minutes.

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Short interview with Marshall Ephron. Ephron was a comic writer & performer for public television for many years in the 70's. This is a humorous look at his 3 room apartment.

“Possum Living”. This half hour documentary by Nancy Schreiber is a thoughtful slice of life, off-grid 1970s style. Dolly Freed and her father Frank detail their very sensible lifestyle in a suburb of Philadelphia, living happily off the land with no jobs and almost no money, and showing you how you can too. 1980.

“Clap!” The exclamation point is part of the title and importantly so. This ridiculous high energy children’s film by Encyclopedia Britannica is both confusing & wondrous.

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