Synopsis
After a near-death experience, retired machinist Lorne Collie started making whimsical stringed instruments. His DIY inventiveness transformed lawn rakes, stop signs, and bent pitchforks into fully playable banjos, fiddles and violins.
Production :
Office national du film du Canada
Distribution :
Office national du film du Canada
Contact :
Camera :
Mike Maryniuk
Animation :
Mike Maryniuk
Music :
Lorne Collie and Grant Siemens
Sound designer :
Bruce Little and Paul Morrow
Screenplay :
Mike Maryniuk
Editing :
Deco Dawson and Mike Maryniuk
Direction
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Mike MaryniukMike Maryniuk is a self-taught virtuoso, he combines animation, puppetry and experimental film techniques in his eclectic work, which is characterized by a lo-fi, handmade aesthetic and dry humour.