The Artist and the Wall of Death
Grant Keir
Synopsis
The unlikely story of a Glaswegian visual artist, Stephen Skrynka, and his dangerous life-long obsession with riding the ‘Wall of Death’. Stephen dreams of transforming the traditional fairground motorbike attraction into an art form, but underestimates the difficulties of combing his artistic vision with the commercial instincts of his collaborators.
Alone, with no finance and a pandemic raging, Stephen rashly decides to hand-build his own Wall out of recycled wood. Facing a crisis of money and self-belief, salvation arrives in the shape of unexpected comradeship, anonymous donations and the kindness of strangers. Stephen builds his Wall. But can he ride it?
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 97 min
- Format
- Digital
- Director
- Maurice O'Brien 1st Feature
- Producer
- John Kelleher, Grant Keir, David Power
- Executive Producer
- Mark Thomas
- Editor
- John Murphy
- Director of Photography
- Thomas Hogben
- Sound
- David McAulay
- Music
- Michael Flemming
- Principal Cast
- Stephen Skrynka
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 23rd September 2022
