Project Detail

English Eccentrics II

Name: English Eccentrics II
Director: Gongsun Hai
Genre: Music, Dance
Released: 2005
Duration: 9 mins 50 secs

Synopsis

Performance artist Ivan Inversion is endeavouring to bring the wonders of standing on one's head to the attention of the masses. He plays guitar and sings whilst dangling upside-down from a lamp post in London's Covent Garden district. His audience give their reactions, he explains the logic underlying his performance.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 9 mins 50 secs
Format: Beta SP
Director: Gongsun Hai
Producer: Christopher Johnson
Editor: Christopher Johnson
Screenwriter: Viv Williamson
Director of Photography: Kate Thomas
Sound: Dave Cox
Composer: Sally Doolalley
Principal cast: Ivan Inversion

Genre

Music Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Diamond Highway

10 Gloucester Road
Barnet
Herts, UK

T+44 (0)20 8364 8063

dhcvj@yahoo.co.uk

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