Randy Burman

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Three short videos:

1. Qu’est-ce existentielle Miami?
The director asks people in MIami who have any connection whatsoever to France – whether they are French, are from a former French colony, speak French or Creole, or who have been to France, or even just had French Fries or perhaps have a French poodle as a pet, “What is existential Miami?”

2. NO EXIT
Sartre’s most well-known play, NO EXIT with a cast of faux French condiments & foods. Sartre wrote the absurdist play, NO EXIT. In this black & white film noir short, Randy Burman poses the question, “Was it absurd enough?”

3. Random Bag-ACTS of Culture
The director’s love of typography and baguettes are evident in this animated short where some well-known (C’est la vie) as well as some slightly more obscure (Pisser dans un violon) French phrases are spelled out in baguettes.

Three short videos commissioned by Tigertail Productions for it’s 2015 FLA FRA (Florida/France) series of Culture Clicks. These three films are really my first venture into making movies. When Tigertail Director, Mary Luft asked me to do a Culture Click I thought it would be the perfect opportunity I was looking for to use my new Canon EOS 70D combined with iMovie to make a video. I came up with three ideas and sent them to Mary to choose one and instead she replied , “Do them all!” While thinking it might be a lot of work making three movies at once, especially just starting out, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to explore three totally different types of production – essentially a documentary, a play and an animation. The “No Production Values Productions” company name alludes to the ‘let’s see what happens’ nature of these creative movie-making exercises.

The three videos were screened at Miami-Dade County Auditorium On Stage Black Box on April 17th prior to a Tigertail FLA/FRA concert.

After the screening of all three Mary announced that we had just witnessed the first of what was to be an Annual Theatre of the Absurd Film Festival.

Are you ready?

What is existential Miami? from Randy Burman on Vimeo.




NO EXIT from Randy Burman on Vimeo.




Random Bag-ACTS of Culture from Randy Burman on Vimeo.




No Exit Trailer from Randy Burman on Vimeo.