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Article: The Peripatetic Metaphors of Lip Service: An Interview with Ann Marie Fleming.(filmmaker)(Interview)
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- Take One
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- December 1, 2001
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Ann Marie Fleming -- a.k.a. AMF -- is a prolific independent filmmaker. Her 18 films, made over the past 14 years, range from experimental and animation to documentary and dramatic genres. They explore themes of family, history and memory in a continuing media critique.
At a recent Vancouver screening of her latest film, Lip Service: A Mystery, AMF stood before the packed house saying, "Why would anyone want to do this? I don't know." Clocking in at 45 minutes, each frame of Lip Service is digitally painted and filtered. The effect is both painterly and dreamy and looked stunning on 35mm film, projected on the large screen at a local commercial theatre. The ...