![]() He launched his writing / directing career in 2014 on an iconoclastic note with a short pairing the late NYC talk show host Joe Franklin and a toddler named “Jazzy”. Owen Kline began in the movie business as a child actor, best remembered for his leading role in The Squid and the Whale (2005). In the final act, the two make arrangements for a Christmas day inking lesson at Robert’s parents’ suburban home, unexpectedly joined by his high school crony Miles ( Miles Emanuel). Robert befriends Wallace desperate for any possible industry connection, while Wallace is equally desperate to have Robert score his meds and harass his pharmacist. Fate intervenes when Wallace ( Matthew Maher), a troubled ex-con / ex-mental patient / ex-assistant comic book colorist crosses his path. After the death of his beloved high school art teacher (which he may or may not be responsible for) Robert scores a day-job as a factotum in a public defender’s office, an after-hours job in a comic book store, and a mattress in the sweatiest apartment share in Trenton, while relentlessly pursuing his muse. It also captures the sort of single-mindedness, self-absorption and hunger required to transition from comics consumer to comics maker, as well as something about the kind of moths who are attracted to that particular flame.įunny Pages tells the story of Robert Bleichner ( Daniel Zolghadri), an upper middle class kid from New Jersey and wanna-be comic book artist who dives headfirst into the adult end of the pool, ready or not. When it finally came down to “comic books or movies?” Owen cast his lot wisely and his first feature, Funny Pages, is an over-the-shoulder glance at the road not taken, capturing something specific and genuine of that Rocketship milieu. How To Read Nancy, painstakingly transcribing the last known interview with cartoonist Harry Haenigsen, then in his 90s, from an already disintegrating VHS tape. ![]() ![]() Jump cut to a few years later and Owen was an able-bodied hand on the S.S. I first met Owen Kline over a decade ago a teenage comics fan and aspiring cartoonist (not unlike the lead character in his film) at a Gary Panter event in downtown Brooklyn’s late great comic book store, Rocketship. Mark Newgarden | SeptemLeading man Daniel Zolghadri with writer/director Owen Kline, Johnny Ryan prop art and Felix Soakies. ‘She’s a bit unsure about coming down the stairs in the garden so I built her a ramp and she just splays her front legs and slides down it.Features A Sweaty Chat With Funny Pages Writer/Director Owen Kline ![]() ‘She is an example of how dogs can cope with losing their sight. ‘People told me before Rosie’s surgery that maybe the best thing would be to just put her down but they have all regretted it now they’ve seen how well she’s doing. Then you see the panic on her face when she realises she’s too far away from me. ‘Diesel does lead her astray sometimes and takes her off to places she shouldn’t really go. They’re a funny looking couple but they’re great together. She gets around the house – although we can’t really move any furniture. ‘But after just a day she was getting around like she normally would. ‘It was such a shock seeing her with no eyes even though I knew it was coming. ![]()
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