Film: ANIMAL CONTROL April 2, 2011

Part of the Wisconsin Film Festival.

DESCRIPTION: An amateur taxidermist who works for the highway department picking up roadkill: you never run out of raw material for your art. Larry (Julian Richings) is — no surprise — a bit of a loner, surrounded in his cluttered house by stuffed wildlife of all kinds. Director Kire Paputts envisioned this as a break-up film. “Not only did it come together when I had gotten my heart broken, but the narrative loosely follows the life span of a typical relationship. The initial meeting, the awkward first few dates, the honeymoon period, blindly doing anything to save the failing relationship, and moving on are all various stages that I wanted to infuse into the film.” Intrigued by what that could possibly do with taxidermy‾ You’ll have to get a ticket to this deliciously creepy but sweet film to find out.

Canada, 2010, 16 mins, video, dir. Kire Paputts
In English. Wisconsin Premiere. This film will be shown in a collection of short films.

Official Website: http://www.wifilmfest.org