How to Draw a Bunny (2002)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

John W. Walter

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Interviews with Christo, Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein, Judith Malin, James Rosenquist and others help to illuminate the life and work of Warhol contemporary Ray Johnson.

Plot Keywords:

Ray Johnson | Art | Artist | Chuck Close | Christo

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Joseph Ialacci	...	Himself - former Sag Harbor Police Chief (as Chief Joseph Ialacci)
Richard Feigen	...	Himself
Frances Beatty	...	Herself - Richard L. Feigen & Co.
Mort Janklow	...	Himself (as Morton Janklow)
Janet Giffra	...	Herself - Johnson's cousin
Richard Lippold	...	Himself
Billy Name	...	Himself
Dorothy Lichtenstein	...	Herself
Christo	...	Himself
Jeanne-Claude	...	Herself
Malka Saffro	...	Herself
Eric Granros	...	Himself
Nick Maravell	...	Himself
Peter Schuyff	...	Himself
Buster Cleveland	...	Himself (as Buster Cleaveland)
Coco Gordon	...	Herself
Clive Philpott	...	Himself (as Clive Phillpott)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gerald Ayres	...	Himself
Chuck Close	...	Himself
Ray Johnson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Roy Lichtenstein	...	Himself (archive footage)
Judith Malina	...	Herself
Ed Plunkett	...	Himself
James Rosenquist	...	Himself
Dennis Selby	...	Himself
Norman Solomon	...	Himself (as Normon Solomon)

Directed by
John W. Walter		(as John Walter)

Produced by
Steve Apicella	....	co-executive producer
Frances Beatty	....	co-producer
Rocky Collins	....	co-executive producer
Kevin J. Foxe	....	associate producer (as Kevin Foxe)
Lianne Halfon	....	executive producer
John Malkovich	....	executive producer
Andrew L. Moore	....	producer
Russell Smith	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Max Roach

Cinematography by
Frank G. DeMarco
Andrew L. Moore

Film Editing by
John W. Walter

Production Management
Shannon Clark	....	production manager

Sound Department
Tim Sternberg	....	sound
Kevin Walter	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Frank G. DeMarco	....	additional photography (as Frank Demarco)
Brian Wengrofsky	....	camera assistant

Music Department
Lynn Hobensack	....	music clearances
Thurston Moore	....	composer: additional music
Dan Rose	....	music producer

Other crew
Berry Berenson	....	source: archival material
Emerson Bruns	....	legal services
Heather Gibbons	....	production assistant
Coco Gordon	....	source: archival material
Gordon M. Grant	....	source: archival material
Ken Heyman	....	source: archival material
Hazel-Frieda Larsen	....	source: photographs (as Hazel-Frieda Larson)
Nick Maravell	....	source: video
Annetta Marion	....	production associate
Peter Moore	....	source: photographs
Billy Name	....	source: photographs
Stephen Shore	....	source: archival material
Norman Solomon	....	source: photographs
Donald Thrall	....	source: archival material
William S. Wilson	....	source: photographs (as Bill Wilson)

Thanks
Alice Arlen	....	thanks
Elaine Benson	....	thanks
Rebecca Cammisa	....	thanks (as Rebecca Camissa)
Remy Charlip	....	thanks
Jessica Lin Cox	....	thanks
Diane Di Prima	....	thanks
Frances Dittmer	....	thanks
Janet Giffra	....	thanks
Mary Emma Harris	....	thanks
Jean Noel Herlin	....	thanks (as Jean-Noel Herlin)
Ken Heyman	....	thanks
Ara Ignatius	....	thanks
Muffet Jones	....	thanks
Will Kistler	....	thanks (as William Kistler)
Werner Kramarsky	....	thanks
James Kumpula	....	thanks
Ellen Lanyon	....	thanks
Abby Leigh	....	thanks
Liza Lenas	....	thanks
Hazel Lillyman	....	thanks
Rebecca Litman	....	thanks
Louise Millmann	....	thanks
Vanessa Mobley	....	thanks
Thurston Moore	....	thanks
Thom Powers	....	thanks
Meema Spadola	....	thanks
Tim Sternberg	....	thanks
Lara Stolman	....	thanks
Guy Trebay	....	thanks
William S. Wilson	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Elevator Pictures
• Moticos Motion Pictures Inc.
• Mr. Mudd

Distributors

• Artisan Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Palm Pictures (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Elevator Pictures
• Moticos Motion Pictures Inc.
• Mr. Mudd
• National Film Network (????) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Dominion3 Public Relations  unit publicity

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Elevator Pictures

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sonata XIII

A True Glimpse Of Art In Motion

This is the story of Ray Johnson, a contemporary artist who's work reaches back from the 1940's till the time of his death in 1995. Johnson was at the forefront of performance art and created correspondence art along with Fluxus in the 1960's. There are many who contend that correspondence art was a precursor to the internet philosophically. His performance art pieces were essentially koans or Buddhist exercises in illustrating zen. How To Draw A Bunny is also about Ray Johnson the work of art, as his life itself was one great performance piece who's details were only connected posthumously. Fascinating both as a portrait of an artist and an era in modern art, the film is a must-see for anyone with an open mind and an interest in the path.