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Director
Ken Wardrop
Credits
Producer: Andrew Freeman
Principal Cast
Trevor Wardrop, Guiness the dog
Category
DocumentaryFamily & Teen
A sweet tale of an animal named ‘Guiness’ – the titular ‘useless dog’ – who is subject to farmer Trevor Wardrop’s complaints in this documentary short. Wardrop’s narrative proceeds over images of what he claims are Guiness’s cowardly, narcoleptic characteristics. Directed by Ken Wardrop, Useless Dog shifts between sentimentality and dark comedy as it portrays an accursed animal who, for all his faults, is entirely part of the family.
5 minutes, Ireland, 2004, Colour
Useless Dog from Venom Films on Vimeo.
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ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MISSPENT YOUTHS? (PROGRAMME 1) 12.30
IFI YOUTH PANEL: BLUE VALENTINE 18.00
IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY 15.30, 20.30
MY FATHER’S SHADOW 16.15
NO OTHER CHOICE 15.10
SENTIMENTAL VALUE 13.30
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE 13.15, 18.10
THE SECRET AGENT 20.15
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