Does anyone remember this? Does anyone know what I’m talking about? If you’re around my age and are Canadian, then see if any of these memory fragments sparks your memory… then tell me WHAT IT IS AND WHERE I CAN FIND IT!?!?! Take a look:
- Fragment #1: “Mucho Macho!”
- Fragment #2: “Scratch your head for nothing!”
- Fragment #3: “Heartbeats, and fantasy streets, in the big city where everybody meets. Watch out! There’s freaks all about – looking for a thrill – a turn on pill!”
- Fragment #4: Handkerchiefs with pictures of pad-locks on them
- Fragment #5: “Ida Eva”
HELP ME PLEASE!
Update: As mentioned in the comments below, this wonderful film has been found. It is now available for viewing on-line, on Vimeo. I’m sure you’ll love it just as much as I always have:
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/63004183″ width=”620″ height=”420″]
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Wow! It’s great to hear from you. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment!
I first saw Trespass when it was being played in regular rotation on a pay-TV movie channel in the late 1980’s. They were playing it, along with a few other short films, between movies. I must have watched it close to a dozen times on that channel, and I absolutely loved it. It’s quite surrealistic, and I’ve always been an immense fan of all forms of surrealism, as long as it’s done well. And, of course, Trespass was done exceptionally well.
I had pretty much completely forgotten about the film for over a decade, when, a while back (just before I made this blog entry) a friend of mine, for no related reason, uttered the phrase “Mucho macho!” And, that triggered a bunch of memory fragments of the film to come floating back into my conscious. (“Mucho Macho… what’s that from??? Wait a minute! Oh yeah! – that sort of thing.) I posted the fragments above, hoping someone else might be able to fill in the gaps, and over the following weeks, as I thought about it more, pretty much the entire memory of the film, and my fondness for it, slowly came back to me. A subsequent search of my recently remembered bits of information led me to the National Library of Canada’s searchable on-line database, which gave me the technical details of the film.
I then searched through every rare-film distributor source that I knew of, but didn’t have any luck in locating a copy.
As for any “ideas” I might have concerning distribution, if you’re speaking of commercial distribution, I’m afraid I couldn’t be of any real help there – although I genuinely wish I could be. Trespass is such a wonderful work, I think it should be available to the public. I do have some contacts, who have some contacts, who might be familiar with that sort of thing, and I’ll definitely ask around though – but regrettably, I can’t promise anything.
I would desperately love to have a copy, just for my own personal collection however. Please don’t put yourself to any trouble, but if there would be a way, that wouldn’t impose too much on your time, of arranging a single copy purchase from you, perhaps through the mail, I would be greatly appreciative.
If such a possibility exists, let me know. You can e-mail me at [email protected] If such is not feasible, I understand completely. Please just accept my sincere thanks for making a wonderful film, and for taking the time to contact me.
Best Regards,
Derek R. Audette
You want my film? My film wants you!
How on earth did you find out about it? Did you see it?
I have moved on to scriptwriting and directing documentaries. ‘Trespass’ was the last animated film I made. I would love to get it to you … put it back out in distribution, on the web, whatever – have any ideas?
all the best from montreal
WOOT! WOOT! WOOT! I found it! It’s a short, animated film. Yeah, I knew that already… but I didn’t know anything about it. I didn’t know what it was called or who made it. But, I found out! The film was called “Trespass” and it was published by Spiral Studios out of Montreal in 1985. It was produced and directed by Ida Eva Zielinska. Now, I just have to figure out how to get my hands on a copy. From my preliminary research, the film doesn’t seem to be all that available.