This real-time video-meets-digital-animation trilogy of shorts features the highly excited and mildly delusional Joe Gibbons. As the phony, Gibbons recounts his influence among rock legends Iggy Pop and Brian Wilson. Brilliant superimposed computer animation by Emily Breer provides an additional layer of biting commentary.
Along with Pool Boy and Caddy, The Horror makes up Emily Breer's The Phony Trilogy.
This title is also available on American Psycho(drama): Sigmund Freud vs. Henry Ford.
For more than 15 years, New York-based artist Emily Breer has made films and videos that fuse live-action and playful animation. She frequently collaborates with performer and video artist Joe Gibbons (The Phony Trilogy, 1997, and Classics Exposed, 1999) to create loony portraits of megalomania and misinformation. Her work has screened at festivals and festivals internationally and been broadcast on PBS. In addition, her music videos and spots have screened in more pop-oriented forums such as MTV and Comedy Central.