Selected Works: Reel 4

USA 1974, video, b&w, sound, 20:57 min

realized by:

William Wegman

keywords:

self-appearance, animals, humor

notes:

Produced during 1973 and 1974.
Produced in mono.

cast&crew:

appearance:

William Wegman, Man Ray (the dog)

available copies:

Electronic Arts Intermix - EAI:

video, sound

available for rent

Video Data Bank:

video, sound

available for rent

synopsis: Video Data Bank, Chicago

1) Man Ray's Alarm Clock
2) Trip Across Country
3) Waiting For An Ambulance
4) Wegman Signing
5) Wegman Describing Three Movies Seen Yesterday
6) Cocktail Waiter
7) Wegman As Guy In The Nail Business
8) "You've Got A Word Spelled Wrong"
9) Bucket
10) Trip To Egypt
11) Wegman Showing Here Cities Located On A Ball
12) Shaky Handwriting/ Letter
13) "Those Circular Saws Are Very Dangerous," Wegman Holding Arm Behind Back
14) Wegman Stroking And Moving Man Ray With Foot
15) Wegman Man Ray Pushes And Drags Along Floor Together
16) Wegman Walks The Dog With Man Ray
17) Man Ray Called By Wegman And Another Woman
18) Car Salesman
19) Wegman Turning Around In A Chair
20) Wegman In Crouched Position
21) Man Ray Poses With Bowling Ball
22) Man Ray Curled Up On A Sofa
23) Bug Repellant
24) Wegman And Piece Of Luggage--"Airplane Crash"
25) Man Ray Curled Up On Sofa With Falling Pieces Of Paper
26) Wegman Growls
27) Wegman Consults With Man Ray Over His Test Score

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

"Reel 4" includes deadpan conceptual monologues, parodic commercials and demonstrations, and absurdist anecdotes with Man Ray, including visual one-liners in which the dog is subjected to hilarious indignities: Man Ray sleeps peacefully until startled by a loud alarm clock; poses awkwardly with his paw on a ball; endures a barrage of falling paper. Also included are classic monologue pieces, in which Man Ray serves as the comic foil for Wegman's droll fictions. In "New and Used Car Salesman", Wegman hoists the struggling dog onto his lap to prove his sincerity to the "television" audience. In the classic "Spelling Lesson", Man Ray appears contrite as Wegman corrects his spelling test: "You spelled it B-E-E-C-H which is like... well, there's a gum called Beech-nut, but we meant beach like the sand. So it should have been B-E-A-C-H."

synopsis: http://www.speronewestwater.com, 31 Jul 2004

Wake Up
Trip Across Country
Down Time
Laundromat
Saw Movies
Cocktail Waiter
Nail Business
Calling Man Ray
New and Used Car Salesman
On the Ball
Tails
Radar Screen
Air Travel
Criticize
Pyramids
Symbolize
The Letter
Snowflakes
Growl
Spelling Lesson

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