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Student films

Sub-sub-series consists of 16mm films created by SFU students who participated in the SFU Film Workshop. There are multiple reels associated with each film title that represent the individual production elements (i.e. A Roll, B Roll, Magnetic track, Optic Track and Work Print).

Felix

"A mad little film about a down-and-out hippie whose search for a hidden cache of Acapulco gold leads him on a chase reminiscent of Max Sennett and Laurel and Hardy. Peter Bryant wrote, directed and starred in the film. Cameraman was Tony Westman." [1968/69 film workshop description]; "A half hour comedy about a bunch of hippies trying to sneak past a police trap in order to pick up one kilo of dope." [Russell Stephens, "Move over, Fassbinder," The Peak, 13 June 1979, p. 6] "Won the Famous Players Award for best student film" in 1969. [Stephens, "Move over, Fassbinder," The Peak, 13 June 1979, p. 6]

Nail

"A young man deeply involved in hammering nails into various parts of his environment." [SFU Film Workshop Retrospective list]. also Wire. Is this the same Mike Collier (director) who is president of Yaletown Entertainment?: http://www.yaletownentertainment.com/yaletown/. This film is noted as Nail for F-232-item 492, and as Nails for F-232-item 493, but appear to be the same film (same length, same year). Correct title, however, is uncertain (check film to confirm).

Wire

"A long mass of tanled [sic] wire is found on a Vancouver Beach by several young men who hitch-hike with it downtown." [SFU Film Workshop Retrospective list]. See also Nails re: Mike Collier.

Riot

According to early listing in arrangement & description section of F-232 collection file, "Go" and "Riot" elements go together (same year, same director, slight difference in length).

No Entry

"'Bizarre and listless emotional traumas, compounds of jealousy and boredom, worrisome smells, all flourished in the lush atmosphere of anonymous gloom, and no eye contact. What you see is what you can't get, and for which you go rotten. Our hero is one of millions'" [SFU 74/75 Film Workshop Showcase program]. "A 'drama' about a young man who goes to the movies and has a series of erotic fantasies about the young woman selling tickets." [Handwritten notes (author unknown), 21 May 1975, in arrangement & description section of F-232 collection file]

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