Selected Works: Reel 3

USA 1973, video, b&w, sound, 17:54 min

realized by:

William Wegman

keywords:

self-appearance, animals, humor

notes:

Produced in mono.

cast&crew:

appearance:

William Wegman, Man Ray (the dog)

available copies:

Video Data Bank:

video, sound

available for rent

Electronic Arts Intermix - EAI:

video, sound

available for rent

synopsis: Video Data Bank, Chicago [http://www.speronewestwater.com, 31 Jul 2004]

Ffifteen wonderful shorts:
1) Story Of Stick Or Tooth [aka: Stick and Tooth]
2) Emperor In Parade-Story Of Plate [aka: Emperor and Dish]
3) Story Of Laundromat T-shirt [aka: Lucky T-Shirt]
4) Committed Man With Smile [aka: Rage and Depression]
5) Speed Reading Course [aka: Speed Reading]
6) No Mouth [aka: Born with No Mouth]
7) Wegman As Boot Salesman [aka: Dual Function]
8) Wegman As Massage Chair Salesman [aka: Massage Chair]
9) Man Ray With Nose In The Air [aka: Raise Treat]
10) "Want To Go To The Beach, Man Ray?" [aka: Man Ray Do You Want To?]
11) Crooked Stick [aka: Crooked Finger/Crooked Stick]
12) Deodorant
13) Wegman Slapping Thighs And Chest [aka: Bubble Up]
14) "Just A Minute" [aka: 47 Seconds]

synopsis: Copyright Electronic Arts Intermix, New York. See the EAI Online Catalogue for further information about this artist and work

"Reel 3" focuses on Wegman's absurdist fictions, performed as droll monologues and parodic sales demonstrations, as well as on the manipulated antics of the trusting Man Ray. In Born With No Mouth, Wegman is seen with a face full of lather. He tells a story about how he was born with no mouth: "When my grandfather died, his mouth was grafted on. I've been shaving ever since." In one of Man Ray's appearances, the obedient dog responds with bewilderment as Wegman plies him with a barrage of contradictory questions.

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