(The Venetian Ghost)

Content: What’s it like being a Renaissance man when your host is a jerk-of-all-trades? What’s it like being obsessed with memory when you host lives in the perpetual present? George Barber’s The Venetian Ghost has as its hero a former ruler of Venice who, as a result of a semantic boo-boo, finds himself catapulted from the High Culture of Venice, Italia, to the High camp of Venice, LA. Barber plays up these oppositions in his usual offbeat style; having the figure of the ghost keyed in cartoon – like with Charlie and family – good-time Californians to a fault.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Runtime:

17 minutes

Year:

1988

Directors:

George Barber

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Production companies:

BFI,

Film Four International

Actors:

Charlie

The Ghost

Maria

Tina

Crews:

Director

Writer

Line Producer

Director of Photography

Sound Recordist