The Venetian Ghost (1988)
What’s it like being a Renaissance man when your host is a jerk-of-all-trades? What’s it like being obsessed with memory when you host lives in the perpetual present? George Barber’s The Venetian Ghost has as its hero a former ruler of Venice who, as a result of a semantic boo-boo, finds himself catapulted from the High Culture of Venice, Italia, to the High camp of Venice, LA. Barber plays up these oppositions in his usual offbeat style; having the figure of the ghost keyed in cartoon – like with Charlie and family – good-time Californians to a fault.
Director: George Barber
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Tom Burke as Charlie |
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Stanley Myron Handelman as The Ghost |
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Fran Pope as Maria |
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Julie Tate as Tina |
| Directing | George Barber | Director |
| Writing | George Barber | Writer |
| Production | Maria C. Dolores | Line Producer |
| Camera | Mark Jolly | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Enrico Valdes | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Elizabeth Space | Production Assistant |
| Production | Brick Williams | Production Assistant |