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| Debuted April 12, 2007 |
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G.J. Echternkamp started filming his family with one goal: to expose Frank, his alcoholic stepfather. But the story he ended up with is far more complicated and cathartic. In this short clip from Act One, G.J.'s mom, Cindy, explains why she's been acting a little weird.
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Being behind the camera changes you. It's not just that you see everything differently; you act differently also. This episode features two stories—one big, one small—exploring this phenomenon.
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Prologue.
A television experiment. Cartoonist Chris Ware teams up with his animator, John Kuramoto, to make a cartoon version of a true story. Jeff Potter tells the story to host Ira Glass: about an art project, a bunch of first-graders, and how being behind the camera can rob you of your humanity even if the camera's not real. Chris and John supply the visuals.
Chris and Ira have teamed up before on a project that could be considered the runner-up to this one. It's called Lost Buildings, and it's available on DVD in our store.
Also, Ira was filmed in the parking garage of a casino in Utah (don't ask). |
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Act One. The Cameraman.
This episode is devoted to a single story that came to us by way of G.J. Echternkamp. G.J. spent years filming his mother and stepfather. In the '80s, his stepfather, Frank Garcia, was the bassist in a briefly-famous band called OXO. G.J.'s mom, Cindy Brown, met him at the height of his success, when the band's one Top 40 hit, "Whirly Girl," was on the charts. Twenty years later, they're still together, but living a life they probably wouldn't have imagined back then. G.J. started filming them as a joke, but over time, his reasons changed, and the way he saw both his parents changed as well.
If G.J. looks familiar, that may be because you've seen him on TV. He's been in a bunch of commercials—for Beck's beer and the City of Las Vegas, just to name a couple. He also does his own projects and films—including "LeFrog," a video created entirely using Google image search, and a feature-length movie about his parents, called Frank and Cindy.
Appearing in this story:
• G.J. Echternkamp
• Cindy Brown
• Frank Garcia |
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