Man on Roof 1979 Directed by Pierre Veck
Color UCLA Animation Workshop Film, preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A handdrawn animation of a ghostly bman flying above the top of a cinema where "Man on Roof" is playing, only to be shot and killed by a police helicopter. An audience laughs at his dying body. The curtain falls and the audience begins asking to play the animation again, so the film reverses and plays again, only for two critics to speak over the film, debating whether the animation is a political statement.
Cast
John Kalimanis
Critic
Paul Malamphy
Critic
Laurie Anderson
Voice
Roy Barge
Voice
Tony Venezia
Voice
Raquel Rocha
Voice
Magdalena Rangel
Voice
Pam Pietroforte
Voice
Dan McLaughlin
Voice
Cynthia Manfred
Voice
Mark Levie
Voice
Ed Katayama
Voice
Bill Harris
Voice
Alfredo Grieco
Voice
Greg Giacona
Voice