At the Quinte Hotel

Directed by Bruce Alcock · Starring Al Purdy · 2005

A free-associative, hand-made animated riff on Al Purdy's famous poem about a poet drinking in a rough-and-tumble Ontario hotel bar.

A vibrant hand-crafted animation that makes Al Purdy's classic poem burst off the page.

A fluid, vibrant and kinetic riff on one of Al Purdy's best-known poems, recalling the experimental, interpretive work of Norman McLaren. It's not a literal adaptation, but something more free-associative that visually a

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