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Posted by: Alexis on April 16th, 2008

Dr. Funque and His Petri Dish - SVA version (6mins)

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Dr. Funque and his petri dish

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(16mm B/W, short narrative)
Written and Directed by Alexis Gambis

16mm, short narrative

Dr. Funque (Corey Sullivan) enters the laboratory to start his after-dinner lab chores. He sits comfortably at the bench and prepares a cocktail of solutions that he pours into his petri dish. He would have never thought that that evening he would make an incredible discovery. People, cars, parks, buildings - an entire world was encapsulated inside his petri dish. What turned out like a solitary typical Funque lab evening ends up being a festive exchange with the petri dish city and dwellers.

6 Comments to “Dr. Funque and His Petri Dish - SVA version (6mins)”


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By: Tany

You are definitely going somewhere. Still love the look, the images and the soft poetry that comes out of it. As your artistic director - http://www.imaginaldisc.com/bio/tany - I have to give my opinion on this draft that you will surely improve: The movie is more or less cut into two parts, and at times during the first part the spectator could find it a little long and wonder where you are taking him. Rather than change or shorten the beginning, I would suggest you put in a few hints on what is going to happen later on or what Dr Funque is studying. The second point is more general, and would be that at times the movie would do with a little more subtleness. :)

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By: Frank Vitale

Congrats, Alexis. You know how to speak in film language. The music and the images are beautiful. The animation is a very nice touch. It was an ambitious film and you pulled it off with a lot of dedication and tender love and care.
fv

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By: Marwan

I like the way you’re bringing sexyback to Science.

By the way, I really love the music.

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By: Anouk Petzoldt

Alexis, one more time I am impressed by your artistry in film. You have a gift in choosing your images and music, in a gentle way you seem to combine the world of dream, science and just ordinary life, which after all, is a life full of extraordinary moments, like Dr Funque’s experience…
Thank you for reminding us that :) Loved the animation touch!

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By: Zubin

Alexis,

This little film was wonderful. From the technique (cinematography, animation, score, editing) to the story to the mood everything had me watching and absorbing.

It was dreamlike and surreal where it needed to be and humorous (but not overly) at the right times. And it even had moments which reminded me of some of my favorite science fiction, but didnt go Frankenstein on us. Nice light touch.

Love those test tubes rotating…And the animation too.

So glad you’re shooting 16mm. It blows video away for this kind of stuff.

Don’t stop now.

Move over Vergil Ulam, here comes Dr. Funque! Move over Gondry…

Much love.

Z

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By: e

Great Alexis ! C’est probablement le film qui m’a le plus plû. Hâte d’en voir d’autres !

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