Bob Roberts
U.S. 1985
(3:46)
Back in 1985 while shooting Five Corners in NYC my friend Laila Nabulsi convinced the folks she knew at Saturday Night Live to give us some money to make a short film about a character called Bob Roberts. At the time Bob was a yuppie businessman who subverted folk music to serve his own ideology. As time went on and I expanded this idea into a feature film, Bob’s ambition grew, and by 1992 Bob, guitar in hand, was running for the US Senate.
Rough Day in Duck Land
(15 minutes)
In 1985 I had made enough money pretending to be other people to afford a Panasonic video camera. I brought it wherever I went and after three months in San Francisco shooting Howard the Duck and lots of waiting around on sets I was bored and started making a film. I stored it and many other adventures with video in cardboard boxes. Rough Day in Duckland is the first unearthed video for Tim TV. I hope you enjoy.