USA,
1997, 53 min
Shown in 1998
CREDITS
- dir
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Mark Lewis
- prod
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Mark Lewis
- scr
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Mark Lewis
- cam
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Peter De Vries
- editor
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Robert Maio
- source
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Mark Lewis Radio Pictures, 6305 Yucca Street #202, Los Angeles, CA 90028. FAX: 213-469-5184
- gga award
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Silver Spire, Television: Science & Nature
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COMMENTS
Shown with Vision Man.
OTHER
Meanwhile, in the Big Apple, man and nature get along a bit less harmoniously. Mark Lewis, director of the unforgettable Cane Toads (SFIFF 1988), turns his quirky viewpoint toward the ongoing struggle between the common Norway rat and the wide stratum of New Yorkers forced to encounter it daily. Lewis pits a rat’s-eye view of life in the big city against humans’ personal tales to fashion an original, chilling, at times hilarious and ultimately educating look at one of Earth’s most adaptable creatures. Rat may not make you like rats but you’ll begrudge ’em a little more respect. Just keep the Doritos in a safe place.
—Brian Gordon
FACTOID #61
The first repertory film screened at Festival was The Bluebird (1940), based on Maurice Maeterlinck’s play, showed October 23, 1965, with Shirley Temple Black in person to discuss her role in the film.
