Ryan
2004
DocumentaryAnimationDramaFantasy
Centres on Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse.
CA | en | Canada
ONF | NFB,Copperheart Entertainment,Seneca College,Canada Council for the Arts
13 min.
Released
Release: 5/17/2004
Chris LandrethDirector
Ryan LarkinSelf - Interview Voice (voice)
Chris LandrethSelf - Interview Voice (voice)
Felicity FanjoySelf - Interview Voice (voice)
Derek LambSelf - Interview Voice (voice)
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CinemaSerf
3/31/2024
It's almost like a Tim Burton movie this. It's a story by animator Chris Landreth about his acclaimed and Oscar nominated compatriot Ryan Larkin. The latter has succumbed to drink, recently kicked a cocaine habit and is living a hand-to-mouth existence with just C$10 in his pocket. The startlingly effective animation: sometimes full bodied, sometimes skeletal, sometimes morphing human imagery onto the imagery (or vice versa) serves as quite a spooky bedrock for the ensuing interview which, at times, comes across as Landreth being worried that he, too, might be heading for this path of creative self destruction. I hadn't heard of either man, and so helpfully this is painted with extracts from two of Larkin's earlier works. "Walking" (1968) is something to behold - the hand-drawn attention to detail and the musculature is simply astonishing. This is amongst the best animations that I have ever seen - it mixes a sort of reality with the fictional in an almost unsettling fashion whilst revealing a few traits of both of the individuals who feature. Well worth 15 mins, I'd say.
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