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Radar Of Small Dogs

RADAR follows a young couple s relationship as it evolves in parallel with six stages of Darwinian evolution. Using cheezy household chemical reactions and pop-data design, six prehistoric eras occur within a 3-room apartment in Echo Park. Amid the volcanic toasters, tropical television waterfalls, and fossils of hair care products, Rick and Cathy s romance also evolves -- told through a voice-over narration and glimpses of very strange costume fragments. Clunky, organic, and silly, RADAR mocks the clinical technical polish of the 80 s video. Clever dialogue is matched with off-kilter camera techniques and a Ôsado-Dixieland score to create a world that looks more like a product of Dr. Seuss evil twin than art video.