The Last Days of Eddie Marsicano

The Last Days of Eddie Marsicano

digital, color, sound, 26 min
Stricken with a rare and deadly type of cancer, writer, teacher, and humorist Edward Marsicano was told he didn’t have long to live. This fast-paced and upbeat tape documents Marsicano’s final ...

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Stricken with a rare and deadly type of cancer, writer, teacher, and humorist Edward Marsicano was told he didn’t have long to live. This fast-paced and upbeat tape documents Marsicano’s final comments, anecdotes, barbs, and opinions about himself and the world he has known. “Ed holds forth on everything from microwaved bacon to literature to Richard Nixon to Elvis to those fuzzy covers people put on the back part of their toilets. These are moments of hilarious gallows humour! This definitely isn’t your run-of-the-mill, sentimentalized, guilt-inducing cancer flick.” – Mark Hinson, Tallahassee Democrat. In one of Marsicano’s last telephone conversations he sums up his attitude toward his own death by telling a friend…. “When God calls I hope not to be here!”

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    Spider 71-50
    Tyler Turkle

    digital, black and white, sound, 5 min
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    Smokey Wears Pantyhose
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    Smokey Wears Pantyhose
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    digital, black and white, sound, 9 min
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    Walk That Dog
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Walk That Dog
    Tyler Turkle

    digital, black and white, sound, 16 min
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    Observeillance
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    Observeillance
    Tyler Turkle

    black and white, sound, 4 min
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    Cut
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    Cut
    Tyler Turkle

    digital, black and white, sound, 4 min
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    A Quiet Afternoon with Strangers
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    A Quiet Afternoon with Strangers
    Tyler Turkle

    digital, black and white, silent, 9 min
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    Lincoln Logs for Jesus
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    Lincoln Logs for Jesus
    Tyler Turkle

    digital, black and white, sound, 5 min
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    Six Films, 1974-81, Sound And Silent Prints
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    Six Films, 1974-81, Sound And Silent Prints
    Tyler Turkle

    16mm, color and b/w, sound, 35 min
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    Excess, Black Noise, and Fast Moving Pictures
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    Excess, Black Noise, and Fast Moving Pictures
    Tyler Turkle

    digital, color, sound, 1 min
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    Seminoles, Alligators, and Football Players
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    Seminoles, Alligators, and Football Players
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    All in My Background
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    All in My Background
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    Harry Crews - Survival is Triumph Enough
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    State of Snakes, Chapters 1,2 & 3
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    State of Snakes, Chapters 1,2 & 3
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    Scientific American
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    Scientific American
    Tyler Turkle

    digital, color, sound, 28 min
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