Effigies of William Frawley

Carl Wiedemann: Film: Effigies of William FrawleyEffigies of William Frawley (1990-1994)
16mm, 8mm + VHS on DV, 4:30
A rap tribute to Bub + Camus.

Features clips shot in various Rust Belt cities, including Buffalo and Chicago, from 1988 to 1993.
View film online: you tube video


Montage of frame grabs of Effigies of William Frawley

Montage of frame grabs

EFFIGIES OF WILLIAM FRAWLEY

Spatial depth and spastic death
"Autistic bliss" and euthanasia
Anorexic, anamorphic
Spatial depth and spastic death

Dostoevsky went to prison
Cocteau ingested morphine
Mary Pickford fucked dead artists
Camus crashed his car into a tree

Effigies of William Frawley
Gather in my back yard
They can do anything they want
But it always comes out the same

Cluster on the fire escape
Huddle on the balcony
Gather in a burning car
Effigies of William Frawley

Spatial depth and spastic death
Autistic bliss and euthanasia
Anorexic, anamorphic
Spatial depth and spastic death

Dusty thalidomide fish
Baking on a window pane
Squirming in a rotting car
Fester on the edge of town

I'm creeping up your front lawn
Covered in sweat, stain, spunk
climbing through the doggy door
And climbing into your bed

Stairs to the mezzanine
A constricted fetish box
A pack of screaming dogs
Crash landing on the moon

Dostoevsky went to prison
Cocteau ingested morphine
Mary Pickford fucked dead artists
Camus crashed his car into a tree

Spatial depth and spastic death
"Autistic bliss" and euthanasia
Anorexic, anamorphic
Spatial depth and spastic death

- concocted in January of 1991 -

 
Additional Info
> Production Credits
> Technical Data
> Filmography
 

 
Internet Movie Database Info for FrawleyWilliam Frawley
Born
February 26, 1887
Died
March 3, 1966

"By almost all accounts, Frawley's off-screen personality was not much different from his on-screen demeanor. A notorious misanthrope, with one brief failed marriage behind him and a fondness for the bottle, he lived in the same bachelor apartment most of his years in Hollywood." (wikipedia.org)

 

Production Credits

Scenario, photography, direction and edit ... Carl Wiedemann
Sound Design ... Wiedemann

Performers:
Carl Wiedemann
Tom Seckel

Technical Data

Filming Locations ... Rochester, Buffalo, & Chicago
Camera ... Bolex Rex 4, Sankyo Super-8, & a 1-chip, black and white video surveillance camera
Shooting formats ... 16mm & 8mm film, VHS
Final format ... miniDV
Runtime: 4 minutes and 30 seconds

Lip sync camera operation

Clare Martin

Production Assistants/Camera operators

Rochester ... Tom Seckel
Chicago ... Francois Miron, Brock Craft

Thanks To:

Peggy Hall (Mom)