Synopsis:
A drug-muddled mind tries to think back to its origins and is helped along the way by a mysterious lighthouse and childhood icons. Morphing beasts, junkies, and Davy Crockett tourists take the screen among other puzzling characters in this twisting pencil line animation.
- Director:
- Bruce Bickford
- Year:
- 2008
- Country:
- United States
- Running time:
- 5 min.
- Technique:
- Claymation, Stop Motion Animation, 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animator:
- Bruce Bickford
- Music composers:
- Loren Lewis, Greg McClellan
- Editors:
- Bruce Bickford, Greg McClellan
- Genres:
- Experimental, Non-narrative, Comedy
- Tags:
- Surreal, Crazy, Mental health, Identity, Humor, Transformation, Animals, Death
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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