“Friend Film” (2006) 16mm 6 min. Film by Colin V. Barton. Sound by Crank Sturgeon
“This is a eulogy to lost friends, either by death or disassociation. River Phoenix appears as the archetypal figure of my generation. This film lives in a space of a junkies death walk, and their final exit from the earth.’
Hand-painted 35mm original with optical printing are at the source of this work; with a little help from an electric toothbrush and washing machine. – cvb
Screening History:
October 2006 - Berkeley Video & Film Festival – Best Experimental Film
March 2007 - Ann Arbor Film Festival – and Tour
August 2007 - Seoul, Korea – Exis International Film and Video Festival
March 2008 - $100 Film Festival, Calgary, CANADA (first 16mm screening)
