Movies: Island Media Arts Cooperative Imac

  • 1986
    The Bangor Chainsaw Massacre

    The Bangor Chainsaw Massacre (1986)

    The Bangor Chainsaw Massacre

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    Set in the woods, somewhere in Bangor, PEI, this short work, starring Michael Gaudet, illustrates a well known frustration in this rural based community - a chainsaw that breaks down and doesn't start, no matter what you fiddle with, or, how many, ma...

    The Bangor Chainsaw Massacre
  • 1969
    Crows and Branches

    Crows and Branches (1969)

    Crows and Branches

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    In Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, there occurs a daily natural phenomenon. At dusk thousands of crows appear, as if out of no where, in the sky over the city, and flock to Victoria Park at the water’s edge. They amass in such numbers th...

    Crows and Branches
  • 1969
    Retrieval

    Retrieval (1969)

    Retrieval

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    This short film takes place on Prince Edward Island, an island that is slowly changing and disappearing, as it is carved by weather and the elements. Sculptor, Don Tryhurn returns after being away for five years, to retrieve an unfinished sandstone s...

    Retrieval
  • 1969
    Men With Ties

    Men With Ties (1969)

    Men With Ties

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    If there were a biblical parable of "the latte", this would be it. This animation, using cut-outs, creates a colourful and mythic world story of men with ties, from space, creating a land of coffee shops, golfcourses and condo's. All is wonderful in ...

    Men With Ties
  • 2003
    According to John Acorn

    According to John Acorn (2003)

    According to John Acorn

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    A salt-of-the-earth Prince Edward Islander talks about the way things were, the way things are, and the way he sees it all....

    According to John Acorn
  • 1970
    Tall Dark Stranger

    Tall Dark Stranger (1970)

    Tall Dark Stranger

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    A drug encounter between a P.E.I. farmer and a hippie from "Upper Canada" who thinks he's Christ....

    Tall Dark Stranger
  • 1969
    The Bath

    The Bath (1969)

    The Bath

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    It's a cold day in Charlottetown and an old lady is feeling the blahs. Even the cat looks bored. As she figures out what day of the week it is, she realizes it's bath day. So, off she goes down the hall of the boarding house to the communal bathroom....

    The Bath
  • 1969
    Janet Says

    Janet Says (1969)

    Janet Says

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    Sitting at the dining-room table, Janet and Laurel talk to us about their friendship's evolution in the midst of a threatening situation; Janet is an abused woman. They tell the story of Janet's isolation, the fear that even Laurel felt, and the proc...

    Janet Says