| Original Title: | Chainsaw | OTTAWA PREMIERE FILMMAKER WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE | |
| Director(s): | Dennis Tupicoff | ||
| Production Company: | Jungle Pictures | ||
| Distribution Company: | Jungle Pictures | ||
| Year of Production: | 2007 | ||
| Nationality: | Australia | ||
| Screening Format: | 35MM | ||
| Running Time: | 25:10 | ||
| Category: | Narrative Short | ||
Techniques:
2D Computer, 3D Computer, Pencil on paper & Rotoscope
2D Computer, 3D Computer, Pencil on paper & Rotoscope
Synopsis:
Frank and Ava Gardner live out in the country, amongst the kookaburras and the cattle. Their jobs are menial, but they are true romantics at heart. Moving between fact and fiction, Hollywood and Spain, past and present, “Chainsaw” is a chain of stories about romance and celebrity, machismo and chainsaws, fantasy and death. And how the natural world endures.
Frank and Ava Gardner live out in the country, amongst the kookaburras and the cattle. Their jobs are menial, but they are true romantics at heart. Moving between fact and fiction, Hollywood and Spain, past and present, “Chainsaw” is a chain of stories about romance and celebrity, machismo and chainsaws, fantasy and death. And how the natural world endures.
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| After graduating from Queensland University, Dennis worked as an archivist and teacher before making his first animated film. He then moved to Melbourne and completed the Swinburne Film and TV School animation course. After working as writer/director/producer of his own films as well as TV commercials and other commercial and sponsored work, he was appointed Lecturer in Animation at the VCA School of Television (1992-4). Since then he has continued making independent films as writer, director, producer, and (often) animator. These have been both fictional and documentary, animated and live-action, comedy and drama – and sometimes inventive combinations of various categories. Click here to view the director's website. |