Prometheus’ Garden (+ Bonus: "Luck of a Foghorn")

Best known for his collaborations with rock iconoclast Frank Zappa in the 1970s (Dub Room Special, Baby Snakes, The Amazing Mr. Bickford), underground animator Bruce Bickford has influenced generations of artists with his startlingly original vision.

Inspired by the Greek myth of Prometheus, a Titan who created the first mortals from clay and stole fire from the gods, Prometheus’ Garden immerses viewers in a cinematic universe unlike any other. The dark and magical images of this haunting film unfold in a dreamlike stream of consciousness revealing an unlikely cast of clay characters engaged in violent struggle for survival. Like all Bickford films, Prometheus’ Garden defies description and simply must be experienced.

Prometheus’ Garden (28 minutes, 1988) is the only film over which Bickford maintained complete creative control. Bright Eye Pictures is thrilled to release Prometheus’ Garden, making it available to the public for the first time since its completion two decades ago. The DVD features a commentary track by Bickford plus the documentary featurette, Luck of a Foghorn.

Luck of a Foghorn (28 minutes, 2008) is a documentary featurette exploring the creative processes behind the making of Prometheus’ Garden, an original masterpiece of stop-motion animation. Interweaving Bickford’s wildly imaginative animation with outtakes, interviews, home movies, and revealing cinematography, Director Brett Ingram takes viewers deep into the real garden of Prometheus. The original score was created by Laird Dixon, one of the founding members of Merge Records recording artists Shark Quest.

Watch the trailer/clips and buy the DVD. Bruce Bickford is an artist of modest means. When you buy the Monster Road or Prometheus’ Garden DVDs from Bright Eye Pictures, you directly support this legendary animator whose work continues to inspire new generations of artists.

What the critics are saying about Prometheus’ Garden:

“Wildly imaginative and morbidly funny”
- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

 “Surreal, absurd and metaphorical” 
- ANIMATION MAGAZINE

 “Psychedelic metamorphosis”
- ANIMATION WORLD JOURNAL