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by: Chris Robinson
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006
EAN: 9781598635607
ISBN: 1598635603
Label: Course Technology PTR
Manufacturer: Course Technology PTR
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 220
Publication Date: September 19, 2008
Publisher: Course Technology PTR
Sales Rank: 1553746
Studio: Course Technology PTR
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Product Description:
'Ballad of a Thin Man' explores the life, work and times of Ryan Larkin, a brilliant Academy Award-nominated animator, whose short film 'Walking,' made in 1969, is considered one of the most influential animated films of all time. Yet, soon after this early triumph, Larkin dropped from view and, when the author finds him thirty years later, he’s living on welfare and panhandling for change on a Montreal street corner. In this highly personal and deeply felt narrative, Chris Robinson examines Larkin's troubled career and, in a kind of dual biography, looks at his own troubled family history, his alcoholism and search for redemption, which in many ways mirrors the story of the troubled animator. At once sad, hopeful, and at times excruciatingly funny, 'Ballad of a Thin Man' is an incisive profile of an influential artist and a deeply felt meditation on what it means to take responsibility for one’s life and actions. The book includes a bonus DVD featuring 'Walking' and Larkin's 1972 'Street Musique,' as well as Chris Landreth's Oscar-winning film about the animator, 'Ryan' (2004).
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