In the Shadow of the Water Tower
The grandiose and the provincial mingle in expressionistic frenzy in In the Shadow of the Water Tower. Through a collection of 16mm home-movie footage and stylized re-imaginings, the film recounts the true story of one Curt Paul Smith, complete with baseball-playing bison, experimental liver operations, madcap Hawaiian fever dreams, and wildlife massacres in 1950's Canada. And not necessarily in that order.