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Country Ride

"Beautiful photography, plot lacking." [Films by the S.F.U. Film Workshop, Wednesday, March 29, 1972, program annotation]; "Beautifully photographed fantasy of love and death. The semi-religious symbolism contributes to an impression of mysticism and unreality." [University Archives Film Collection Catalogue, June 1972]

Cowboy

"This was a film portrait of an old guy who lives in Gastown as he goes about his day. He is a street corner fiddler. The beginning shows him just walking the streets, talking to the occasional passerby, and therefore tends to get a bit draggy. The shots of people who pass by him as he fiddles, however, are quite good. There is a lot of variety to the shots, good editing and some good portraits. The end was somewhat disconnected however, after his day fiddling, a very brief shot of him standing at a window drinking a beer." [Handwritten notes (author unknown), 21 May 1975, in arrangement & description section of F-232 collection file]; "Filmic study of 'Cowboy,' a well-known figure of Gastown." [SFU 74/75 Film Workshop Showcase program]

Disposable

Also held by "Moving Images Distribution" in 16mm format: "Disposable is an experimental narrative in black and white with post colour tinting. It metaphorically contrasts North American "disposable"cultural forms such as video, Polaroid, and graffiti with more enduring cultural traditions in Europe. With a juxtaposition of music from Nega-vision and Beethoven, and pop absurdist dialogue, the film satirically comments on America's consumerism and amnesia about history. Award: Best Film, Berlin Short Film Festival" 14 min., 1984 [http://www.movingimages.ca/catalogue/Experimental/Experimental_b.html#RTFToC10a]

Divine Comedy in Castlegar

"Tom McGauley, formerly a student at SFU, has returned to his home town in the Kootenays, working as postman and viewing life through the eyes of a poet. Through Tom's friend, seventy-eight year old George Padowinikoff, we get a glimpse of Doukhobor history, which is so much a part of the life in Castlegar. The main thrust of the film is to present the totality of "heaven, hell, and purgatory" that is anybody's life." [http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/record=b5527063~S1a]

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