THE FIFTH WALL, (89 min., ©2000) A sexy screwball comedy by Rick Schmidt & Willie Boy Walker. Scroll down for trailer: <https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thefifthwall/160800038>). Great Xmas flick!

A VIRTUAL STOCKING-STUFFER––about art ("video" art...mostly); a fun story for making a good transition between 2023-'24. In any case, here's FULL (FREE) MOVIE: <https://vimeo.com/426608713>.

Official Selection
FIGUEIRA DA FOZ INTL. FILM FESTIVAL, Portugal.

Willie Boy Walker and his digital sun flower.

THE 5TH WALL is a screwball comedy about video artist Willie Boy Walker's life being turned upside down by his winning the Nobel Prize in Literature (and accompanying cash award of nine million Swedish Crowns = $900,000). The thing is...he's never written a book! A Channel 8 reporter (Rohana Kenin-Reyes) and her cameraman (John Balquist) are placed on the strange story by an over-eager TV executive (Michael Bolgatz), and Willie Boy thwarts their efforts in every way possible.

Before long, Walker's neurosis regarding the prize––Nobel Prize speech demands, taxation on the money, loss of privacy––and his secrecy regarding his ability to break down the 5th wall of television using a "secret crystal," results in strange behavioral changes for all those who've made contact. Only a young neighbor girl (played by Maya Aguayo Schmidt-Feng), is entrusted to carry on his secret television appearances into the next century.

John Balquist (<https://vimeo.com/ondemand/loneliness>) makes nice with his TV.

Poster designed and produced by Jeff Belton (also editor of The 5th Wall).

Channel 8 reporter played by Rohanna Kenin-Reyes (Mike Bolgatz, below, as TV executive, in office with reporter).

A Film by Rick Schmidt and Willie Boy Walker. Directed by Rick Schmidt. Script by Schmidt and Willie Boy Walker. Featuring Willie Boy Walker, Michael Bolgatz, Maya Aguayo Schmidt-Feng , and Rohanna Kenin, creator & star of the comedy web series, "47 Secrets to a Younger You,": <https://www.youtube.com/c/47secretstoayoungeryou>). Director of Photography - Lloyd Francis (<https://www.amazon.com/Rum-Roots-Lloyd-G-Francis/dp/0989216101>). Edited by Jeff Belton & Rick Schmidt. Music by Marlon Schmidt (<https://vimeo.com/ondemand/dogme10>). Produced by Rick Schmidt, Morgan Schmidt-Feng (<https://onherownfilm.com/morgan/>), and Willie Boy Walker (<https://videoarchiv-ludwigforum.de/interviews/interview-with-willie-boy-walker-by-mail-by-anna-sophia-schultz-summer-2017/>).