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A Skinny Little Man Attacked Daddy

Vivienne Dick


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

Supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service, the Arts Council of Ireland and Visual Artists Ireland.
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