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Music by Joel Gibb, performed by the Hidden Cameras Director: Leif Harmsen  It would be a music video
except it's a film. I shot it in Super
8 in the 1980s as a self portrait with
this guy I was crazy in love
with at the time playing the part of me starting my day
in my bohemian
Yonge Street penthouse. I had renovated that flat
above
Northbound Leather, then Leathercraft, at 606 Yonge in a kind of
imaginary
'40s retro deco complete with roof deck overlooking Toronto's
ground zero. I
later lost it, the coolest 1 bedroom ever, to a
kniving subletting flatmate who
fancied it for himself and is best
forgotten. I sent the original reel to the filmers alminac to represent that day in 1987 to the world. Digitally remastered from a 3/4" tape transfer and edited in 2001 at Trinity Square Video, it's now about love and loss and sharing the disease, but then again, it was then too. I used to go-go dance for the Hidden Cameras when they were new, but haven't heard from them in a while, appearently they're still active with gigs and recordings.  Year: 2001 Length: 4 minutes Country: Canada Website: harmsen.net |