A Skinny Little Man Attacked Daddy
Vivienne Dick
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Artist's biography
Synopsis
A very personal film, Dick uses the family portrait to continue her exploration of identity from the inside. The gradual dilapidation of the family home acts as a metaphor for decay and change while the unselfconscious documentation of a sibling’s children at play is a reminder of the filmmaker’s own childhood and of her place in the cycle of life. This lyrical documentary merges social documentary and home movie aesthetics and, as is implicit in the title, is always mindful of the power of unconscious processes, which shape our individual perceptions of various histories.' (Sourced from http://maeveconnolly.net/wp/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Vivienne-Dick-Film-Programme.pdf on July 18th 2016)
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Title
A Skinny Little Man Attacked Daddy
Year
1994
Form
Short
Key phrases
autobiographical, landscape, text, documentary, family, identity, mortality
Language
English
Duration
00:23:00
Original formats
Digital: DV
Aspect ratio
4:3
Colour
Colour
Sound
Yes
