RYAN: THE WHOLE PICTURE
SATURDAY 27 AUGUST 12pm (noon)

This may well be the ultimate animation fan's programme!

It looks at the current Academy Award winning film "Ryan", a film which seamlessly merges stunning and unique style with a documentary narrative about a fragile, but prodigiously talented filmmaker, Ryan Larkin. The programme also screens the only four films that Ryan Larkin ever made and lets us judge them on their merits and with the benefit of hindsight.

Where to begin? There are several converging histories on show in this programme…….

The winner of the 2005 Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film, 'Ryan' chronicles the rise and fall of maverick Canadian filmmaker, Ryan Larkin. Once described as the "Frank Zappa of animation", Larkin made four groundbreaking films for the National Film Board of Canada, including the Oscar nominated short 'Walking' (1969), before drifting into cocaine and alcohol dependency and disappearing from public view to become a homeless man panhandling for change on the streets of Montreal for more than 20 years.

An intriguing hybrid of animation and first-person interviews (including dialogue culled from over 20 hours of conversation with Larkin himself), 'Ryan' was created using the pioneering Maya software. 'Ryan: The Whole Picture', a special LIAF programme, includes all four of Ryan Larkin's films and 'Altered Ego's', the London premiere of a fascinating documentary that delves deeper into the curious tale of Ryan's descent and explores the complex and utterly fascinating relationship that developed between Chris Landreth and Ryan Larkin.

The Program:

Altered Ego's - Chris Landreth, Laurence Green (2004)
Cityscape - Ryan Larkin (1964)
Syrinx - Ryan Larkin (1966)
Walking - Ryan Larkin (1968)
Street Musique - Ryan Larkin (1972)

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