Hailed as "William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir, porn paperbacks and Sun Records rockabilly," poet, author, and screenwriter Barry Gifford has given the world more than forty works, including the Sailor and Lula novels that inspired David Lynch’s "Wild At Heart." Featuring Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, and Lili Taylor, Rob Christopher's feature documentary brilliantly brings to life Gifford’s autobiographical collection "Roy's World," capturing a vanished 1950s Chicago through a jazzy, impressionistic combination of beguiling archive footage, animation and spoken word.
Official Selection: 2020 Glasgow Film Festival; Official Selection: 2020 Manchester Film Festival; Official Selection: 2020 Cheltenham Online International Film Festival; Official Selection: 2020 Dances With Films LA; Official Selection: 2020 SF DocFest; Winner, Best Illinois Feature: 2021 Beloit International Film Festival; Official Selection + Closing Night feature: 2021 Mimesis Documentary Festival; Official Selection: 2021 Soo Film Festival; Official Selection: 2021 Buffalo International Film Festival; Official Selection: 2021 Chicago Critics Film Festival.
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ROY'S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD'S CHICAGO. A film by Rob Christopher. Produced by Rob Christopher and Michael Glover Smith. Featuring Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor. Original music by Jason Adasiewicz. Edited by Marianna Milhorat. Animated sequences by Lilli Carré and Kevin Eskew.
This project is fiscally sponsored by IFP Chicago and is partially supported by an Individual Artists Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Trailer edited by Kevin Marsh.
