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Pleading Art (1989/92, 3.5 minutes, colour, sound on film)

A one-shot, anti-censorship, live-action puppet film.

John's left hand operates a filmmaker puppet (self-portrait) ranting against Ontario's film classification law, and pleading with Ontario artists and arts organizations to "stand up".
His right arm appears as the "long arm of the law" trying to silence the puppet with the government's rubber stamp of approval - the"kiss of death" for non-profit film artists.

John also provides the voice of the puppet, scripted and recorded later onto the shot film at 18 frames per second. By showing the film at 24 frames per second, his voice becomes a higher-pitched, puppet-like voice.

Premiered at the 5th annual Images Festival in Toronto, 1992, at the same time that the Ontario non-profit film and video community gave up fighting the film classification law.


	John's film *- Pleading Art* - 300 Films - New Films - Top 25: Next / Previous Film Pleading Art** (1989/92, 3.5 minutes, colour, sound on film) A one-shot, anti-censorship, live-action puppet film. John's left hand operates a filmmaker puppet (self-portrait) ranting against Ontario's film classification law, and pleading with Ontario artists and arts organizations to "stand up". His right arm appears as the "long arm of the law" trying to silence the puppet with the government's rubber stamp of approval - the"kiss of death" for non-profit film artists. John also provides the voice of the puppet, scripted and recorded later onto the shot film at 18 frames per second. By showing the film at 24 frames per second, his voice becomes a higher-pitched, puppet-like voice. Premiered at the 5th annual Images Festival in Toronto, 1992, at the same time that the Ontario non-profit film and video community gave up fighting the film classification law.