The Lollipop Generation
| The Lollipop Generation | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | G.B. Jones |
| Produced by | G.B. Jones |
| Written by | G.B. Jones |
| Starring | Jena von Brücker, Mark Ewert, Jane Danger, Vaginal Davis, Calvin Johnson, Jen Smith, Joel Gibb |
| Music by | The Hidden Cameras, Bunny and the Lakers, Anonymous Boy and the Abominations, Jane Danger, Swishin' Duds, Mariae Nascenti |
| Cinematography | G.B. Jones |
| Editing by | G.B. Jones |
| Distributed by | V Tape |
| Release date(s) | April 3, 2008 |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The Lollipop Generation is the first feature film by G.B. Jones.
The Lollipop Generation premiered as the Gala Feature presentation of the Images Festival in Toronto on April 3, 2008.[1]
The film stars 'underground superstars' Jena von Brücker, Mark Ewert, Jane Danger, KC Klass, Vaginal Davis, Calvin Johnson, Jen Smith, Joel Gibb, Scott Treleaven,[2] and Anonymous Boy.[3]
As well, The Lollipop Generation features original music written for the film by The Hidden Cameras, Anonymous Boy and the Abominations, Jane Danger, Swishin' Duds, Bunny and the Lakers, and Mariae Nascenti.[4]
The Lollipop Generation is an underground experimental film. "Shot on Super 8 and video, The Lollipop Generation takes these tools of the traditional home movie and uses them to make a fucked up family film." [5] The film was made over a period of 13 years, "one Super-8 reel at a time",[6] whenever the director could afford to buy another cartridge of film. In the end, the Toronto band Kids on TV organized a benefit so that GB Jones could finish it.[7]
The Lollipop Generation tells the story of 'Georgie', a runaway teenager played by Jena von Brücker, and the people she meets on the "...outlying streets with no name..." [8] At the same time, the film serves a diaristic function, documenting the people the director has met and the cities she travelled to,[9] capturing an entire generation of underground performers.[10] It has been described by the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema as, "...a trip through epileptic shots of documentary ugliness that go right to the origins and essence of sexually anarchic cinema..." [11]. However, Peter Keough of The Boston Phoenix insists, "There's a fine line between the trash of early John Waters and just plain garbage. G.B. Jones, perhaps to her credit, ignores it completely." [12]. Using Canadian reference points, Toronto's Eye Weekly calls it, "Scrappy as hell, yet often charming, it's a lost Degrassi High episode remade as an amateur porn flick and sometimes as sweet as all that candy."[13]
The program notes for the screening at Denmark's CPH:DOX documentary film festival proclaim; "If film is a language, The Lollipop Generation uses only swear words and dirty slang".[14]
G.B. Jones' previous films include The Troublemakers and The Yo-Yo Gang.
[edit] Cast
- Jena von Brücker
- Mark Ewert
- Jane Danger
- Vaginal Davis
- Calvin Johnson
- Joel Gibb
- Jen Smith
- KC Klass
- Johnny Noxzema
- Rachel Pepper
- Mitchell Watkins
- Torry Colichio
- Becky Palov
- Andrew Cecil
- Scott Treleaven
- Paul P.
- Anonymous Boy
- Gary Fembot
- Ian Philips
- Christy Cameron
- Stevec
- Helen Bed
- G.B. Jones
[edit] References
- ^ "Lollipop Generation to kick off Toronto's Images festival", CBC, 12 Mar 2008
- ^ Davies, Jon, "Images Fest: GB Jones", Xtra, 27 Mar, 2008
- ^ Light Industry Program Notes, Dec 2008
- ^ Liss, Sarah, "The Lollipop Generation", Eye Weekly, 2 Apr, 2008
- ^ Barker, Jason, "The Lollipop Generation", 23rd Annual London L & G Film Festival catalogue, 25 Mar -8 Apr 2009
- ^ Jackson, Sharyn, "Sweeter than candy on a stick", Time Out New York, 11-17 Dec 2008
- ^ Padykula, Jessica, "Inside Images", Scene and Heard, retr. 17 Nov, 2008
- ^ "The Lollipop Generation", Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente catalogue, 25 Mar-5 Apr 2009
- ^ Liss, Sarah, "The Lollipop Generation", Eye Weekly, 2 Apr, 2008
- ^ Jackson, Sharyn, "Sweeter than candy on a stick", Time Out New York, 11-17 Dec 2008
- ^ "The Lollipop Generation", Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente catalogue, 25 Mar-5 Apr 2009
- ^ Keough, Peter, "There's a fine line between the trash of early John Waters and just plain garbage.", The Boston Phoenix, May 6, 2009,
- ^ Anderson, Jason, "Images in vague", Eye Weekly, 2 Apr. 2008
- ^ CPH:DOX Program Notes, 6-15 Nov 2008
