Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour

This movie was inspired by the incredible poster artwork Jaime Hernandez created for Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour. View the poster here - http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/tt.poster... - If you haven't yet heard Dylan as DJ I suggest you do! His outstanding weekly show can be found on the XM Satellite Radio network. Ellen Barkin introduces each episode of Theme Time Radio Hour with an evocative vignette describing the nocturnal activities of the restless characters living in the big city. It is from these spoken word vignettes that Hernandez was inspired to create his artwork. The illustration is detailed with many of Ellen Barkin's night time characters - some asleep, some consumed in thought, others burning the midnight oil long into the night. Prostitutes, homeless men, drunks, lost souls and lovers intersect near a street corner of the Abernathy building. I was so fascinated by the world within this poster I set about finding all the spoken word vignettes and weaving them together into a whole. I started from show number one and worked my way through the spoken word introductions of all 50+ episodes of Theme Time Radio Hour. The following movie is my modest attempt to bring to life the inhabitants of the mythical Abernathy Building and the art created by Jaime Hernandez.

As featured on BoingBoing!...
http://boingboing.net/2007/10/29/short-film-made-from.html

Enjoy!

Simon (UkuleleElvis) @ ManoucheFilms

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Bob
• Dylan
• Theme
• Time
• Radio
• Hour
• Jaime
• Hernandez
• Ellen
• Barkin

[JeffK1980]

The woman's voice heard here sounds very sweet and very arousing

[ManoucheFilms]

@JeffK1980

The voice is actress Ellen Barkin except for one interjection by comic Steven Wright

[KingoffKentucky]

This makes me want to listen to Tom Waits

[streetwolftv]

phenomenal

[gwonyahoreya]

Thanks for mentioning the night shift nurse!

I'm just home from a shift at the Toronto ED I've worked at for 22 years. The nights have blended together to seem sometimes like one long adventurous shift during which I've met quite a few characters like the ones mentioned here. Here's to all the nighthawks out there !

[Jackson5Videos]

@ThePaleWriter

What do you mean this is oldschool?! You've seen it before?

[ThePaleWriter]

This is oldschool, lol.

[silezukuk]

Excellent! Thanks.

[Knucklesmack]

This is just lovely. My compliments.

[Phart07]

Great work! Truly enjoyed that. Thanks,