The Lollipop Generation
The Lollipop Generation | |
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Directed by | G.B. Jones |
Written by | G.B. Jones |
Produced by | G.B. Jones |
Starring | Jena von Brücker, Mark Ewert, Jane Danger, Vaginal Davis, Calvin Johnson, Jen Smith, Joel Gibb |
Cinematography | G.B. Jones |
Edited by | G.B. Jones |
Music by | The Hidden Cameras, Bunny and the Lakers, Anonymous Boy and the Abominations, Jane Danger, Swishin' Duds, Mariae Nascenti |
Distributed by | V Tape |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The Lollipop Generation is an underground experimental film by Canadian artist G.B. Jones. G.B. Jones' previous films include The Troublemakers and The Yo-Yo Gang. It premiered as the Gala Feature presentation of the Images Festival in Toronto on April 3, 2008.[1]
Plot
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..."[2] At the same time, the film serves a diaristic function, documenting the people the director has met and the cities she travelled to,[3] capturing an entire generation of underground performers.[4]
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
Production
The film was made over a period of 15 years, "one Super-8 reel at a time",[5] 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 G.B. Jones could finish it.[6]
Reception
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...".[7] 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."[8] Using Canadian pop culture 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."[9] The 23rd Annual London L & G Film Festival catalogue says, "Shot on Super 8 and video, The Lollipop Generation harnesses these tools of the traditional home movie and uses them to make a fucked up family film."[10]
References
- ^ "Lollipop Generation to kick off Toronto's Images festival", CBC, 12 Mar 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Barker, Jason, "The Lollipop Generation", 23rd Annual London L & G Film Festival catalogue, 25 Mar -8 Apr 2009