Suspicious Circumstances

Maybe you don't know much about Jim Blashfield, but you certainly know something about Michael Jackson's Leave Me Alone video. Surrealist videos for surreal figures!

About Leave Me Alone: In Blashfield's..."Leave Me Alone" section of Michael Jackson's full length Moonwalker home video, the director presents Jackson's life as an amusement park ride, both cartoonish and menacing. While poking fun at the wildest tabloid rumors about the star's life, Blashfield offers unexpected insight into Jackson's psychology. He constructs two Jacksons here-- one an impish child, the other a Gulliver-style giant, trapped in a labyrinth of roller coasters and log flumes. With wit and empathy, he portrays him as an adult enslaved to a child's

fantasies*.

About Suspicious Circumstances: 1984 / 12 minutes / 16mm Film / Live- action based photo-cut out Animation Called "a detective story ala Salvador Dali and Betty Crocker" this animated film chronicles a midnight visit to the home of Herbert and Lenore by a pair of flying hands bent on mischief, destruction, and what appears to be a bit of a wine tasting. Herbert will have none of it. Writer, Director, Art Director, Animator, Editor Official U.S. entry in many international festivals**.

*, **, both on Jim Blasfield's site: www.blashfieldstudio.com

right: Michael Jackson &Jim Blashfield, Leave Me Alone, video still, 1989