Road to Hell

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"The Road to Hell, 1988" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress.


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Synopsis

Train sounds. A poetic celebration of the hobo. A ski lodge, writing "regret not the momentary impulse" on a cast. Founding fathers, the articles of confabulation and the bill of human bondage. General Deities Incorporated. Christmas in new york. Throwing a new years party - a guest suffocated beneath coats. Getting mugged weekly in the stairway of Joe's apartment, then meeting the same guy years later. Rapid monolog amidst glass-style minimalist orchestral music: I am a statue in the park... walking into the river and filling a bowl on one's head, using a third eye to cheat at cards. Individualism amidst mobs, perception of a radio program. Deepened monolog: immigrants mistaking an oil rig for America, getting menial jobs, raising middle class children. The balance of payments: taxation by weighing noblemen. A woman with a french accent talks about falling in love. A malfunctioning garage door opener. Describing a fantasy woman. Odes: Oh woman, high school cheerleader, businesswoman, nurse, homemaker, secretary, stewardess. Deepened monolog: being tired of life, the legions of the dead. Dreams: discovering one is still married to an ex wife, being a cartoon character spun off as a plastic doll. A being oiled by women in a room full of video games with a glass floor while a man reads holy books, wanting to go away, watching an old man dance with a beautiful young girl.


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Work In Progress

Another Country (part 1) | Another Country (part 2) | Another Country (part 3) | At the Border | Bad | Best, The | Building a Church | Case Studies | Cocktails Before Dinner | Dear Annie | Dictator, The (part 1) | Dictator, The (part 2) | Dictator, The (part 3) | Dreamland (1986) | Dreams of the River | El Cholo (The Beginning) | Emerald Isle | Emergency Room | Five Part Dissonance | Great Lives | He Hesitated | Highways West | Home | Iceland (part 1) | Iceland (part 2) | Iceland (part 3) | I'm Not Crazy | In the Dark (part 1) | In the Dark (part 2) | In the Middle of Nowhere (part 1) | In the Middle of Nowhere (part 2) | In the Middle of Nowhere (part 3) | Islands | Landing Strip in the Jungle, A | Let Me Not Dream | Lines | More I Know You, The | Nausea | Night | Nightride | No Show | On the Edge | Pact with God, A | Performer | Photography | Pilot | Policeman's Ball, The | Pretender | Rain (1986) | Redneck Rounder | Rent a Family (part 1) | Rent a Family (part 2) | Rent a Family (part 3) | Road to Hell | Rose | Sleep | Stories for Nothing | Street, The | Summer Notes (remix) | Talking About Love | Tell Me What to Do | Thank You, You're Beautiful | To the Bar Life | Truth About Women, The (part 1) | Truth About Women, The (part 2) | Two Babes | When She's Asleep, She Looks Like an Angel | Why I Don't Love You Anymore | Words