Ryan

Year: 2004

Grade: B

Country: Canada

Director: Landreth

Review

short animated documentary on ryan larkin, who was also an animator. because it’s such a short piece it doesn’t have much substance revolving around larkin’s life. you get to see his two most influential works and hear him talk about his spiral to homelessness; we also hear from an ex-girlfriend who sheds some light on his past. it had the potential to be a moving piece, but it was too short to really pull it off. the animation style is very interesting and reminiscent of waking life. it’s done entirely on the computer and is very expressionistic. it’s worth watching strictly for the artwork.

Short