• Chow Fun

  • Quasi at the Quackadero

  • Make Me Psychic

Films by Sally Cruikshank

BAMPFA Collection Prints
Recommended for ages 7 & up

Intrigued by the idea of seeing her drawings move, Sally Cruikshank learned to animate while in college. Her love of surreal 1930s cartoons, as well as her desire to make her own amusement park, is evident in her wildly colorful and wonderfully detailed films. The psychedelic Quasi at the Quackadero, named to the National Film Registry in 2009, and other exuberant vehicles star a recurring cast of animalesque characters (one voiced by Cruikshank herself), and were made while she lived in San Francisco. This program also includes short musical animations Cruikshank made for Sesame Street.

Films in this Screening

Ducky

Sally Cruikshank, United States, 1971

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  • Color
  • 16mm
  • 3 mins
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  • BAMPFA

Fun on Mars

Sally Cruikshank, United States, 1971

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  • Color
  • 16mm
  • 5 mins
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  • BAMPFA

Chow Fun

Sally Cruikshank, United States, 1972

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  • Color
  • 16mm
  • 5 mins
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  • BAMPFA

Island of Emotion

Sally Cruikshank, United States, 1991

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  • Color
  • 35mm
  • 2 mins
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  • BAMPFA

Ooh What a Fabulous Party

Sally Cruikshank, US, 1992

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  • Color
  • 35mm
  • 2 mins
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  • BAMPFA

Quasi at the Quackadero

Sally Cruikshank, United States, 1976

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  • Color
  • 35mm
  • 10 mins
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  • BAMPFA

From Your Head

Sally Cruikshank, United States, 1996

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  • Color
  • 35mm
  • 2 mins
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  • BAMPFA

Your Feets Too Big

Sally Cruikshank, United States, 1994

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  • Color
  • 35mm
  • 2 mins
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  • BAMPFA

Make Me Psychic

Sally Cruikshank, United States, 1978

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  • Color
  • 35mm
  • 8 mins
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  • BAMPFA

Quasi’s Cabaret

Sally Cruikshank, United States, 1980

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  • Color
  • 35mm
  • 2 mins
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  • BAMPFA

Face Like a Frog

Sally Cruikshank, United States, 1987

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  • Color
  • 35mm
  • 6 mins
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  • BAMPFA