At the Quinte Hotel (2005)

America had Charles Bukowski and Canada had Al Purdy, a hard-drinking, hard-living poet who wrote about bars, hockey and beer. In this vibrant and kinetic short film, Purdy reads his best-known poem (involving a beer, a bar, and a brawl) accompanied by a dizzying array of animation that perfectly captures the work's ironic tone and its exuberant evocation of alcohol, antagonism and Art.

Released

2005-10-15

Genres

Animation

Runtime

4 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Bruce Alcock

TMDB rating

8.0/10 from 1 votes