Mullets and Bars
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“Mullets and Bars” is a feature-length documentary by Seumas Next
and Stephan Kern that explores American stereotypes and stars John Washington VII (the ancestral nephew of George Washington
).
Mullets and Bars was nominated for best documentary at its premiere at the Thirteenth Raindance Film Festival
in London in October 2005.
Mullets and Bars was planned to be the world’s first animated feature documentary but the conversion costs proved prohibitive. In ye olde English a Mullet is a star and Bar is a stripe, as seen in the Coat of Arms of George Washington
and engraved in an ancient church in Steeple
, Dorset
, England.
Mullets and Bars was produced by Occidental Films in 2004 and filmed in London, Edinburgh, Paris, Cannes, Amsterdam and Sydney. Filmed under Dogme 95
rules its most infamous scene features an interview with the Scottish author Irvine Welsh
that was filmed in complete darkness in a council flat in Edinburgh illuminated by only the white noise
of a television.
Seumas Next
Seumas Next is an Australian-born film maker presently living in London. He is the co-founder of film-production company Occidental Films and distributor Hollywood Arthouse.-Early life:...
and Stephan Kern that explores American stereotypes and stars John Washington VII (the ancestral nephew of George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
).
Mullets and Bars was nominated for best documentary at its premiere at the Thirteenth Raindance Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival
Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates from various cities including: London, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin and Brussels...
in London in October 2005.
Mullets and Bars was planned to be the world’s first animated feature documentary but the conversion costs proved prohibitive. In ye olde English a Mullet is a star and Bar is a stripe, as seen in the Coat of Arms of George Washington
Coat of arms of George Washington
The coat of arms of George Washington, President of the United States of America from 1789 to 1797, were first used to identify the family in the twelfth century, when one of George Washington's ancestors took possession of Washington Old Hall, then in County Durham, in North East England.The...
and engraved in an ancient church in Steeple
Steeple, Dorset
Steeple is a hamlet in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. It is situated some eight miles west of Swanage. The village has a population of 94 ....
, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England.
Mullets and Bars was produced by Occidental Films in 2004 and filmed in London, Edinburgh, Paris, Cannes, Amsterdam and Sydney. Filmed under Dogme 95
Dogme 95
Dogme 95 was an avant-garde filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vow of Chastity". These were rules to create filmmaking based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and...
rules its most infamous scene features an interview with the Scottish author Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting. His work is characterised by raw Scottish dialect, and brutal depiction of the realities of Edinburgh life...
that was filmed in complete darkness in a council flat in Edinburgh illuminated by only the white noise
White noise
White noise is a random signal with a flat power spectral density. In other words, the signal contains equal power within a fixed bandwidth at any center frequency...
of a television.