The Venetian Ghost (1988)

What’s it like being a Renaissance man when your host is a jerk-of-all-trades? What’s it like being obsessed with memory when you host lives in the perpetual present? George Barber’s The Venetian Ghost has as its hero a former ruler of Venice who, as a result of a semantic boo-boo, finds himself catapulted from the High Culture of Venice, Italia, to the High camp of Venice, LA. Barber plays up these oppositions in his usual offbeat style; having the figure of the ghost keyed in cartoon – like with Charlie and family – good-time Californians to a fault.

Released Jan. 1, 1988 17 min None+

Genres: Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short

Production Companies: BFI, Film Four International

Country: United Kingdom
Production Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English