Chris Shepherd & David Shrigley at Roxy
Roxy Bar and Screen, London Bridge, 11 July, 8pm, free entry.
Chris Shepherd’s first animate! commission Dad’s Dead, 2003, featured Ian Hart as its narrator, and won 25 international awards including a BAFTA nomination. His second animate! commission Who I Am and What I Want, 2005, co-written and co-directed with artist David Shrigley. See Slinky Pictures.
David Shrigley is a Glasgow based artist, best known for his darkly humorous cartoons released in softcover books or postcard packs. Shrigley co-directed the animate! commissioned film Who I Am and What I Want, 2005, with Chris Shepherd based on Shrigley’s book of the same title and was narrated by Kevin Eldon. See David Shrigley.
The Programme:
Silence Is Golden (Chris Shepherd , 2006, 15 mins)
My neighbour’s a right looney. He’s always banging our wall down. I’m used to it. I think other people’s houses are well weird. There’s no knockin – right?
Big Train: Stareout Final (Chris Shepherd , 1998, 4 mins 21sec)
From the BBC / TalkBack Series Big Train by Graham Linehan & Arthur Matthews. See combat like no other in the 43rd World Stareout Championship finale.
Peoples Britain: Tina and Tom Tanner (2001, 1 min)
Last Week Tony Blair promised a seat on the cabinet to one lucky member of the general public. We ask Tina and Tom Tanner, “What would you do for your country.”
The Broken Jaw (Chris Shepherd , 1997, 7 mins)
In an urban wasteland, the one oasis of comfort for its elderly regulars is the Broken Jaw pub. So, what happens when it’s last orders?
Peoples Britain: Divorced Barbara (Chris Shepherd , 2001, 1 min)
Does Bab’s have what it takes to be the people’s minister?
Pop Skool: Ice T (Chris Shepherd, 2000, 4 mins)
Internet fun as Ice T fills you in on the death of a princess.
Who I Am & What I Want (Chris Shepherd + David Shrigley, 2005, 7 mins 30 sec)
Slinky Pictures for animate! /ACE /Channel 4
This film is about who I am and what I want. It’s NOT about who YOU are and what YOU want. You always think everything I make is about you but it’s not. It’s all about me…..
Safari (Chris Shepherd, 1989, 3 mins)
Chris’s very first filmic offering. Made while on the dole with a borrowed super 8.
Peoples Britain: Oliver Reed (Chris Shepherd, 2000, 1 min)
Director Chris Shepherd. Written by Chris Shepherd and Peter Homes
Oliver Reed comes back from beyond the grave with his pitch to stir the Nation.
Dad’s Dead (Chris Shepherd, 2003, 7 mins)
Cast: Ian Hart. Slinky Pictures for animate! / ACE / Channel 4
Fights, camera, live action. Its dark days in sink town. Teenage kicks all through the night, for sure. Friends for life? Well, maybe not.
Q&A with Chris Shepherd in conversation with writer Gareth Evans (Vertigo, Time Out).
– Interval –
A selection of work by David Shrigley created for the BBC Collective website
GOOD SONG – Blur (David Shrigley + Shynola)
AGNES QUEEN OF SORROW – Bonnie Prince Billy (David Shrigley)
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