Matchbook Films

About this original series

Videoblogging since June 2005, over the ashes of a previous mini-movie site. Father to a young boy, old-time musician, occasional humorist.

  • # Episodes

    157 episodes
  • Rating

    TV-G

Episodes of Matchbook Films

    • Swim Toy Torpedo

      Length: 1:55A bit of fun with the boy at a busy neighborhood pool. Shot with my Father’s Day present. Music “Perpetuum Mobile” by Penguin Cafe Orchestra, as suggested by Anna Rascouët-Paz.

      • Release date
        Sep 4, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:56
    • Balloon II

      Length: 0:25Looks like fun. Less convinced it sounds like fun.

      • Release date
        Aug 26, 2010
      • Runtime
        00:26
    • Grapefruit

      Length: 0:48 Nana’s neighbors have a grapefruit tree. Ripe fruit that falls onto the ground often ends up in the curbside yardwaste pile. Meaning it ends up in Nana’s kitchen.

      • Release date
        Aug 21, 2010
      • Runtime
        00:49
    • Pour

      Washing the boy’s hair before he took swimming lessons felt nearly impossible. These days: NOT A PROBLEM.

      • Release date
        Aug 17, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:21
    • Stairs

      At a family Christmas gathering (2008), the kids make the most of Uncle John’s condo.

      • Release date
        Aug 14, 2010
      • Runtime
        00:33
    • Water Balloon II

      Length: 0:48Here my nephew wants to make it pop.

      • Release date
        Aug 5, 2010
      • Runtime
        00:49
    • Water Balloon

      Length: 0:46For a boy on the spectrum predisposed to tantrums and anxiety attacks, a water balloon is like Chekhov’s proverbial gun-in-the-first-act.

      • Release date
        Aug 2, 2010
      • Runtime
        00:47
    • Story Time #15: A New Hope

      In which the boy helps a friend get up to speed.

      • Release date
        Jul 30, 2010
      • Runtime
        00:43
    • Teacups II

      A year and some later. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. ;The boy still enjoys a good spin.(Note: a new endtitle to reflect the evolving URL.)

      • Release date
        Jul 30, 2010
      • Runtime
        00:28
    • Boys & Uglydolls

      An attempt to pose three babies, three plush toys, and a 4-year-old for a photograph. Results were mixed, then set to a 90s pop track. My boy is the confused one in the back with the enormous arms and legs. ;

      • Release date
        Jul 30, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:45
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