He’s
been called Dr. Bones and Reptile Ray. Usually dressed in tattered “field-trip”
clothes, Ray Bandar has been a fixture at the California Academy of Sciences and
the beaches around the Bay Area for more than 50 years. “A Life with Skulls” captures
Ray’s obsession for collecting skulls from local beaches, road kill, zoo animals
and on field trips to Mexico, Australia and in the United States. This humorous
movie investigates Bandar’s history as a skull collector, showing many of
the thousands of skulls he has accumulated over the years, talking to Alkmene,
his resilient wife, and touring the awe-inspiring Bone Palace. "A Life with Skulls" is an inspiring look at a man who has a special tie to the natural world. You will be motivated to go out and explore it for yourself.
DVD include extras, including:
* Ray collecting a Harbor Porpoise skull * Tour of the Bone Palace * Photo gallery of historic images
* Tour of Ray’s house full of skulls * Stories about the skulls in the exhibit * Ray's first-person adventure stories * Cost: $15 plus postage. Email elizabethcataldo@gmail.com