HAMBURGER DAD
Dir. Kevin Clarke, Wil Long, 2003.
United States. 52 min.
In English.
NEW YORK PREMIERE
TUESDAY, JUNE 4 – 7:30 PM
THURSDAY, JUNE 13 – 10 PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 16 – 7:30 PM (W/ Q&A)
SATURDAY, JUNE 29 – 7:30 PM
Harold Davis wakes up one day to find he has become a hamburger; a Kafkaesque predicament which upends his life at home and at work, stresses family bonds and places him in constant danger of being devoured. Produced for practically no money and shot on Hi-8 analog video in the summer of 2003 by lifelong friends Kevin Clarke and Wil Long, HAMBURGER DAD is a delightfully goofy and unexpectedly touching father-son road movie.
Spectacle is proud to present the New York Premiere of the Seattle cult hit HAMBURGER DAD featuring a special Father’s Dad screening of the film, followed by a Q&A with co-director Kevin Clarke and Strange Tapes Zine’s Scott Miller, who discovered the film in the local filmmakers section of Seattle’s famed video store Scarecrow Video and re-released it on glorious VHS.
“I love everything about this movie. It feels like something that just wouldn’t be made anymore. It’s weird, it’s very low-budget, it’s not going to go viral: it was just made for love of the game.”
-Albinoss, letterboxd
Each screening of HAMBURGER DAD will be preceded by the short films:
WADE
Dir. Kevin Clarke, Wil Long, 2004.
United States. 17 min.
In English.
A documentary about Wade Atkinson, a Seattle bike messenger struck by an SUV.
KEVIN’S CAR
Dir. Travis Vogt, Kevin Clarke, 2013
United States. 7 min.
In English
A documentary about filmmaker Kevin Clarke’s 20-year-old Ford Escort.
TACO: A LOVE STORY
Dir. Travis Vogt, Wil Long, 2006
United States. 11 min.
In English
A man and a taco fall in love. A delicious appetizer for HAMBURGER DAD.
Total running time: 87 min.
Special thanks to Chris Kemp and Katie Chen.