Citizen Shane - Shane Ballard (VHS quality - 59.01).avi

Shane Ballard runs for sheriff of Lowndes County, Mississippi as a pro-pornography Republican. (2004) (There is about 20 seconds of black screen before the film begins)



info:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414907/



google video (a bit lower quality):

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3403991172883873966



review:

http://www.subcin.com/shane.html



full-sized poster seen above resized at:

http://bayimg.com/ganALAabf



-- write-up from subcin.com --



Citizen Shane - 59:01 - May 20, 2007

Subterranean Cinema - subcin.com



Shane Ballard was a friend of mine, though we never met in person, only over the internet. We shared a love of cinema, and I shared many rare films with him on videotape. Soon after, Shane had a film created about himself, called CITIZEN SHANE.



In 2004, shortly after the film was edited and completed, the director of the film, Ron Tibbett, was killed in a car wreck. A month later, a despondent Shane Ballard committed suicide by inhaling carbon dioxide. Shortly before his death, he sent me a VHS of CITIZEN SHANE, and wrote "feel free put it on your site and send a copy to whoever wants it". I watched it, then wrote him back the next day and told him it was really good and that I thought it could become a minor "cult classic" on the internet .. Shane never wrote me back. As far as I know, he was already dead.



The film is truly fascinating AND disturbing, especially in retrospect. You could say that Shane Ballard was a bit on the "eccentric" side. He knew Charles Manson well enough to chat with him on the phone. He had a bizarre fascination with Hitler, the dark side, and serial killers. He had a tattoo printed on his leg of Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby.



Shane officially ran for Sheriff in Mississippi on a "pro porno" ticket. He lived a most "unconventional" life, to say the least. Love him, hate him, mock him, worship him ... this was SHANE BALLARD.



(there is about 20 seconds of black screen before the film begins)



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