(Mis)Adventures in Video, Part III: Film School Snapshots & Gary Blakeley’s The Trend (1987)
Whereas Part II dealt almost exclusively with the Video Toaster’s appearance at York University, plus Zach Weddington’s superb extra-heavy release of his documentary VIVA AMIGA, the latest instalment focuses on a short film made by Gary Blakeley, whose consumerism satire THE TREND (1987) was made the year I entered Year One of York’s film program, and appeared on The Great Canadian Shorts Contest a few years later on Pay TV channel First Choice.
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