Tim Webb

A man in mid-life looks back on memory, ambition, disappointment and the teachers he looked up to. An animate! commission for Channel 4 and the Arts Council of England.

Mixed animation and live action techniques tell the stories of those with a schizophrenic parent, childhood scenes in which everyday events gradually tip over into idiosyncratic behaviour and finally madness.

This animated short, inspired by Jan Švankmajer's work, rich in technique and visceral poetic imagery, is a mesmerizing experimental animated film based on a poem written and narrated by Peter Reading.