The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
- Directed by
- Bruce Bickford, Frank Zappa
- Genre
- animation, music
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Frank Zappa's orchestral music is paired with Bruce Bickford's clay animation. The video features a sequence of surreal and abstract visual pieces without dialogue.
surrealwhimsicalunsettlingabstractcerebralslow-paceddreamlikemusical
What happens
The Amazing Mr. Bickford is a video released by Frank Zappa in 1987, containing orchestral pieces by Zappa set to the clay animation of Bruce Bickford. It was released direct-to-video (VHS only, no Betamax was made available). To date it has not yet been released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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