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

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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

Genre

Experimental LGBTQIA+

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

LMFYFF Productions

lmfyff@lmfyffproductions.com

Sales Company

Light Cone

157, rue de Crimée
Atelier 105
75019 PARIS
FRANCE

lightcone@lightcone.org

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