From Word To Word

We will still be holding our Dinner and a Doc screening this Saturday, October the 10th, despite the fact that it falls on Thanksgiving weekend, and we will be showing something a little different this month. We will begin with Syrinx, an Oscar nominated short animated film by Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animation pioneer. We will follow it with Ryan, an Oscar winning short animated film by Chris Landreth about the life of Ryan Larkin. We will then finish with Alter Egos, a documentary by Laurence Green about the lives of Ryan Larken and Chris Landreth and about the making of Ryan.

If you are interested in more information, you can preview the whole of Walking, or watch some of Ryan Larkins other films, Syrinx and Street Musique. You can also preview the whole of Ryan on the National Film Board of Canada’s site, as a part of its new and very welcome decision to make all of its films available to the public online.  Lastly, you can also watch a preview of Alter Egos, which begins with Syrinx and includes clips of Larkin’s other films.

Our soup for the night will be a curried squash soup, based loosely on a recipe graciously provided to me by my friend Lauren Anderson.

As usual, the event will be at my place, 130 Dublin Street, Guelph, and all are welcome, though I do appreciate an email or a comment to let me know that you will be coming. We will eat at about 5:30 and begin the film at about 6:00.