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early films by martin pickles |
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Strictly speaking, these are not 'G.M. Films' as they were generally made before the website ever existed. Some are now available on YouTube |
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'Fall Apart: The Evangelista Story'(2002, 5 '20", Mini DV)
Singer Pat Reid looks back on his band, the heroically ill-fated Evangelista. A documentary comprising Super 8 and VHS material I shot in 1995 and Mini DV interviews I shot in 2000. Watch on YouTube |
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'ArtHol'(1997, 5 '30", Hi 8)
American performance artist Oriole Sphinkle describes her oevre. Screened at Raindance and Wandsworth Film Festivals (1998). Written by Robin Ince & Martin Pickles and starring Mickey Tippex, Robin Ince and Neil Edmond. Watch on YouTube |
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'Modern Dilemmas' (1997, 2'00", 16mm)
A film about etiquette for the aspiring murderer, written and narrated by Al Murray and starring Pat Reid and Alan Doyle. Screenings: Club Cinergy, London, Raindance Film Festival, British Short Film Festival, and Leeds International Film Festival (all 1997) and 'My Eyes, My Eyes' screening club (1998). Screened on ITV (October 2000) and on the Urban Chillers website. Watch on YouTube |
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'The Big Heads' (1996, 6'00", Video 8)
A man with a very big head looks for his ideal woman.
Screened at Club Cinergy at the Edinburgh Fringe 1997 and in London and at the Portobello Film Festival 1997. Selected for a Halloween Society screening at the Perth Festival, Australia, 1997. Starring: Karola Gajda and Joe Finn. Editor: Alistair Kerr. Watch on YouTube |
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'Fisted' (1996, 9'30", Super 8)
A comedian searches for his nemesis Richard Herring against the backdrop of the Edinburgh Fringe 1995. Screened at Club Cinergy (1996) and at the Edinburgh Fringe 1997, on rotation at The Pleasance. Starring: Pat Reid and narrated by Bob Daoust
Editor: Alistair Kerr. Features songs by Evangelista. Watch on YouTube
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'Shaving' (1996, 5'00", digitised VHS)
A satire on office life and the source for my later film The Commuter. Starring: Pat Reid. TV screenings: Canal+ in France and Belgium (1996-1997), ITV and Channel 4 (both October 2000). It won a Public Art Award at Ars Digitalis Festival, Berlin (1996) and was screened at Club Cinergy, London (1996) and 25hrs video art festival, Vienna (2003).
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'Baby Monkey ' (1995, 2'20", VHS on Beta SP)
A music promo for Pat Reid's band Evangelista. Watch on YouTube |
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'Night Vision' (1994, 2'00", Hi Band U-matic)
A computer-generated film poem about a city, created with "C" programming. It was produced in association with the Centre for Electronic Art, Middlesex University and screened at the Consumerist Theatre Of Desire exhibition, London 1994. |
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'Ripples' (1993, 3'00", Super 8)
A film poem about a house on the river Isis in Oxford.
Screenings: Exploding Cinema (April 3rd 1993),
Cluuub Zarathustra (1995),
Raindance Film Festival (1998), Wandsworth Film Festival (1998) Candid Arts Trust (2004).
It was also acquired for distribution by the Lux Centre in 1998 |
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