Project Detail

Doozy

Synopsis

Where does the character end and the actor begin? This debut feature from UK artist-filmmaker Richard Squires, is a creative documentary that employs 'Clovis', an animated antihero (voiced by 'Kids in the Hall's' Mark McKinney) as a means to explore the particular “voice” casting of cartoon villains in the late 1960s. Through the lens of one of Hollywood’s hidden queer histories, this documentary offers a contemplation on the psycho-social relationship between villainy and hysterical male laughter; the use of voice as a signifier of ‘otherness’ and the frequently uneasy symbiosis of character and actor.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019 - Bright Future - International premiere

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
70 min
Format
Super 16mm and HD
Director
Richard Squires 1st Feature
Producer
Richard Squires
Co-Producer
Madeleine Molyneaux
Editor
Richard Squires
Screenwriter
Richard Squires
Director of Photography
Willy Busfield, Barbara Nicholls
Sound
Chu-Li Shewring
Composer
Oliver Davis
Principal cast
Mark McKinney, Michael Kearns, Eric Geynes, John Airlie, Paul Wells, Sophie Scott
Associate Producer
Abigail Addison
Animator
Elroy Simmons
Colourist
Alex Grigoras

Production Status

Production Company

Sales Company

Light Cone

157, rue de Crimée
Atelier 105
75019 PARIS
FRANCE

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