"Gun Shop" by Patrick Smith

There are currently 393 million firearms in the US. This film shows 2328 of them. “Gun Shop” juxtaposes the frightening visual power of guns with a whimsy of Jazz percussion, and a dose of cultural irony.

My main inspiration for “Gun Shop” was the work of Paul Bush, and also the amazing tradition of jazz sync nailed down by Norman Mclaren and my NYC colleague george griffin (George helped a lot early on with this). I think it’s an under explored technique, particularly in the context of music.. I only know of about 10 films in this technique ever made.. the earliest appearance seems to be from Jan Svankmajer (similar use of winged insects as Paul Bush).

Animated and Directed by Patrick Smith
Produced by Kaori Ishida
Music by: Steve Rice, Jen Mitlas

Official Selection (partial):
2019 Annecy Animation Festival
2019 Stuttgart Animation Festival
2019 VIS Vienna Shorts
2019 Odense
2019 Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
2019 Badalona Film Festival, Spain
2019 Odense International Film Festival, Denmark
2019 Linoleum Festival, Ukraine

Awards:
Best Experimental Short 2019 ASIFA-East
Best Professional Short 2019 ASIFA-San Francisco
Best Documentary Short 2019 Literally Short Film Festival