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OMG It's Harrod Blank plays Portland OR , June 27 !
Clinton Theater
" Engrossing...a profound meditation on the
pros and cons of rugged individualism..."
San Francisco Independent Film Festival
SHOW TIMES:
Sunday 2-7-10 @ 7:15 pm
Wednesday 2-10-10 @ 7:15pm
at the Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street SF 94103
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
has been selected for 3 more film festivals in 2010 !
SF Indie Fest: Roxie Theater SF
SUNDAY 2-7-10 @ 7:15 pm
Wednesday 2-10-10 @ 7:15pm
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival-
Sunday March 9th
Davis Film Festival- Thursday March 11th
check out UPCOMING SCREENINGS for more information....
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank!
A feature documentary on the life and adventures of the eccentric artist and entrepreneur Harrod Blank, a creator of spectacles such as the Camera Van-- a Dodge van with 2000 cameras attached to it – and The Flash Suit- a man’s suit festooned with hundreds of photo flash bulbs going off. The film follows Blank from his youth spent in the woods with chickens, to his current multi-faceted career as filmmaker and art-car maven extraordinaire. A tireless champion of self-expression, Blank chases dreams and attacks obstacles with a creative vigor that is refreshing to witness. The first documentary feature by Berkeley filmmaker David Silberberg, Oh My God! It’s Harrod Blank! uses footage spanning two decades to celebrate the man just as it exposes his naivete, and the particularly trying effects his extroversion has on those around him. Blank's family, friends, and girlfriends take turns criticizing, advising, and explaining a guy whose uncommon openness and resilience can tolerate such a forum, even as viewers laugh and squirm. Rounding out the film's point of view is Blank's own painful, often hilarious examination of his personal life and challenges, from his need for attention to such obsessions as encroaching baldness.
Blank's spirited outlook is undeniably inspiring, and the film embodies a contagious affection for him as both bigger-than-life and so very human. 'The pressure to conform is incredible,' says Blank, 'but I don't care what other people think. The reason I'm alive is to create.' With special appearances from Harrod Blank’s filmmaking father Les Blank, revealing details of his early career.
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Rarely does a film about an artist leave us with such a good feeling about life. This film goes far beyond a portrait of an artist, it covers home remedies for balding, attraction to black women, independent filmmaking, art cars, and most importantly it reminds us of the journey to discovering oneself that we all must take.
- Brian Davis, Film Programmer
Slamdance Film Festival
...takes an eccentric human subject and slowly peels away the layers of strangeness like a Bermuda onion. But that’s also the renewable beauty of that kind of documentary; as long as there are eccentric, quixotic dreamers like Harrod Blank, there will always be fascinating movies like this one. See this if: You’re looking for a movie to make you squirt tears of laughter and love of humanity in all its nutty glory.
Andy Smetanka, Missoula Independent
Contact info:
David Silberberg
dsdocworks@gmail.com