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You can watch it on the NFB's Youtube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbkBjZKBLHQ here]].
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You can watch it on the NFB's Youtube Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbkBjZKBLHQ here]].
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* MediumBlending: While most of the short is Landreth's distinctly trippy 3-D CGI, Larkin's trip to the Academy Awards is represented with ClipArtAnimation, Creator/TerryGilliam style.
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* MediumBlending: While most of the short is Landreth's distinctly trippy 3-D CGI, Larkin's Ryan's trip to the Academy Awards is represented with ClipArtAnimation, Creator/TerryGilliam style.
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* MononymousBiopicTitleMononymousBiopicTitle: ''Ryan'', about Ryan Larkin.
* NoFourthWall: The cartoon begins with Chris Landreth addressing the camera directly.
* NoFourthWall: The cartoon begins with Chris Landreth addressing the camera directly.
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* SpeechCentricWork: Chris Landreth interviews Ryan Larkin.
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You can watch it on the NFB's Youtube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbkBjZKBLHQ here]].
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* DerangedAnimation: A very distinctive style. Characters are rendered abstractly; all we see of Ryan's head is his left eye, nose, and mouth; the rest is empty space. A view from behind shows pictures playing on the back of Larkin's face that may be his thoughts. When Larkin starts raging about his inability to raise funds to make films, spikes explode from his head. When Chris asks Ryan to stop drinking, two arms emerge from Landreth's forehead and make a pleading gesture.
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* DerangedAnimation: A very distinctive style. Characters are rendered abstractly; all we see of Ryan's head is his left eye, nose, and mouth; the rest is empty space. A view from behind shows pictures playing on the back of Larkin's Ryan's face that may be his thoughts. When Larkin Ryan starts raging about his inability to raise funds to make films, spikes explode from his head. When Chris asks Ryan to stop drinking, two arms emerge from Landreth's Ryan's forehead and make a pleading gesture.
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* TheAlcoholic: While Larkin eventually beat cocaine, he did not stop drinking, which is a big reason why he's a homeless bum. He's drinking out of a thermos throughout the interview. Landreth begs him to quit drinking but Larkin refuses.
* DerangedAnimation: A very distinctive style. Characters are rendered abstractly; all we see of Ryan's head is his left eye, nose, and mouth; the rest is empty space. A view from behind shows pictures playing on the back of Larkin's face that may be his thoughts. When Larkin starts raging about his inability to raise funds to make films, spikes explode from his head. When Landreth asks Larkin to stop drinking, two arms emerge from Landreth's forehead and make a pleading gesture.
* DerangedAnimation: A very distinctive style. Characters are rendered abstractly; all we see of Ryan's head is his left eye, nose, and mouth; the rest is empty space. A view from behind shows pictures playing on the back of Larkin's face that may be his thoughts. When Larkin starts raging about his inability to raise funds to make films, spikes explode from his head. When Landreth asks Larkin to stop drinking, two arms emerge from Landreth's forehead and make a pleading gesture.
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* TheAlcoholic: While Larkin Ryan eventually beat cocaine, he did not stop drinking, which is a big reason why he's a homeless bum. He's drinking out of a thermos throughout the interview. Landreth Chris begs him to quit drinking but Larkin Ryan refuses.
* DerangedAnimation: A very distinctive style. Characters are rendered abstractly; all we see of Ryan's head is his left eye, nose, and mouth; the rest is empty space. A view from behind shows pictures playing on the back of Larkin's face that may be his thoughts. When Larkin starts raging about his inability to raise funds to make films, spikes explode from his head. WhenLandreth Chris asks Larkin Ryan to stop drinking, two arms emerge from Landreth's forehead and make a pleading gesture.
* DerangedAnimation: A very distinctive style. Characters are rendered abstractly; all we see of Ryan's head is his left eye, nose, and mouth; the rest is empty space. A view from behind shows pictures playing on the back of Larkin's face that may be his thoughts. When Larkin starts raging about his inability to raise funds to make films, spikes explode from his head. When
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* TheOneThatGotAway: Larkin seems to feel that way about Felicity Fanjoy. Notably, when he says "we should have had children", his mostly missing head fills in nearly all the way.
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* TheOneThatGotAway: Larkin Ryan seems to feel that way about Felicity Fanjoy. Notably, when he says "we should have had children", his mostly missing head fills in nearly all the way.
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[[caption-width-right:350:See? Trippy.]]
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''Ryan'' is a 2004 animated short film by Chris Landreth, produced by the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada.
It is a biography of Ryan Larkin, former animator for the NFB. Larkin was in his heyday one of the many genius animators who worked for the NFB; his 1968 animated short ''WesternAnimation/{{Walking}}'' was nominated for an Oscar, losing to Disney cartoon ''WesternAnimation/ItsToughToBeABird''. However, addictions to alcohol and cocaine cost him his job with the NFB and eventually left him homeless, begging for spare change on the streets of UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}}. The short consists of Landreth interviewing Larkin at a Montreal homeless shelter.
The short is notable for its deeply odd style of 3-D animation. The people appearing in the short, namely Larkin, Landreth, and some of Larkin's old acquaintances, are represented by highly stylized, mangled versions of themselves, with pieces missing from each of them as means of representing emotional and artistic trauma.
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!!Tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: While Larkin eventually beat cocaine, he did not stop drinking, which is a big reason why he's a homeless bum. He's drinking out of a thermos throughout the interview. Landreth begs him to quit drinking but Larkin refuses.
* DerangedAnimation: A very distinctive style. Characters are rendered abstractly; all we see of Ryan Larkin's head is his left eye, nose, and mouth; the rest is empty space. A view from behind shows pictures playing on the back of Larkin's face that may be his thoughts. When Larkin starts raging about his inability to raise funds to make films, spikes explode from his head. When Landreth asks Larkin to stop drinking, two arms emerge from Landreth's forehead and make a pleading gesture.
* {{Documentary}}: A rare example of an animated short documentary film.
* InkSuitActor: Well, since it's a documentary, Landreth animated himself, Larkin, and Larkin's old colleagues Felicity Fanjoy and Derek Lamb.
* MediumBlending: While most of the short is Landreth's distinctly trippy 3-D CGI, Larkin's trip to the Academy Awards is represented with ClipArtAnimation, Creator/TerryGilliam style.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Larkin seems to feel that way about Felicity Fanjoy. Notably, when he says "we should have had children", his mostly missing head fills in nearly all the way.
* StockFootage: Clips from ''Walking'' and some of Larkin's other animation from his days at the NFB.
* ToiletHumor: Starts with the sound of a flushing toilet. Landreth chose to start the film with his animated avatar in a grungy bathroom.
It is a biography of Ryan Larkin, former animator for the NFB. Larkin was in his heyday one of the many genius animators who worked for the NFB; his 1968 animated short ''WesternAnimation/{{Walking}}'' was nominated for an Oscar, losing to Disney cartoon ''WesternAnimation/ItsToughToBeABird''. However, addictions to alcohol and cocaine cost him his job with the NFB and eventually left him homeless, begging for spare change on the streets of UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}}. The short consists of Landreth interviewing Larkin at a Montreal homeless shelter.
The short is notable for its deeply odd style of 3-D animation. The people appearing in the short, namely Larkin, Landreth, and some of Larkin's old acquaintances, are represented by highly stylized, mangled versions of themselves, with pieces missing from each of them as means of representing emotional and artistic trauma.
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!!Tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: While Larkin eventually beat cocaine, he did not stop drinking, which is a big reason why he's a homeless bum. He's drinking out of a thermos throughout the interview. Landreth begs him to quit drinking but Larkin refuses.
* DerangedAnimation: A very distinctive style. Characters are rendered abstractly; all we see of Ryan Larkin's head is his left eye, nose, and mouth; the rest is empty space. A view from behind shows pictures playing on the back of Larkin's face that may be his thoughts. When Larkin starts raging about his inability to raise funds to make films, spikes explode from his head. When Landreth asks Larkin to stop drinking, two arms emerge from Landreth's forehead and make a pleading gesture.
* {{Documentary}}: A rare example of an animated short documentary film.
* InkSuitActor: Well, since it's a documentary, Landreth animated himself, Larkin, and Larkin's old colleagues Felicity Fanjoy and Derek Lamb.
* MediumBlending: While most of the short is Landreth's distinctly trippy 3-D CGI, Larkin's trip to the Academy Awards is represented with ClipArtAnimation, Creator/TerryGilliam style.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Larkin seems to feel that way about Felicity Fanjoy. Notably, when he says "we should have had children", his mostly missing head fills in nearly all the way.
* StockFootage: Clips from ''Walking'' and some of Larkin's other animation from his days at the NFB.
* ToiletHumor: Starts with the sound of a flushing toilet. Landreth chose to start the film with his animated avatar in a grungy bathroom.
