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| The Paper People | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Timothy Findley |
| Directed by | David Gardner |
| Starring | Marc Strange Marigold Charlesworth |
| Music by | John Coulson |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Ted Zarpas |
| Cinematography | Ernest Kirkpatrick |
| Editor | M. C. Manne |
| Production company | CBC Television |
| Original release | |
| Release | 13 December 1967 |
The Paper People is a Canadian dramatic television film, directed by David Gardner and released in 1967. [1] It is the first television film ever produced entirely in-house by CBC Television without an outside coproducer. [2]
The film aired on 13 December 1967 [3] as an episode of the anthology series Festival . [1]
The film centres on Jamie Taylor, an artist working on a project in which he builds papier-mâché models of people and then films the models being set on fire, and Janet Webb, a journalist profiling Jamie in a documentary. [1]
The film was shot in the summer of 1967, in Toronto and Oakville, Ontario. [5]
The Paper People received mixed reviews, with Sheila Keiran of The Globe and Mail panning it as pretentious, arty and boring, [1] while Lorne Parton of The Province called it one of the better films to be released in any format, television or theatrical, that year. [6] The broadcast sparked some controversy, however, with some commentators stating that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation should not be investing in films that would clearly only appeal to a limited audience. [7]
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