New Queer Cinema pioneer Todd Haynes’ cult breakthrough short film, a dramatization of the life of Karen Carpenter featuring Barbie Dolls. More info and how to rent the film here….
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This short narrative chronicles an evening with a family on the verge of dissolve. AIWRIOTHYD is a darkly humorous story about slow jams, bad magic and coming closer. 23 min.
“When A young woman with remarkable and hilarious coping skills finds the dead body of a teenage girl in the woods she is forced to reconcile her greatest fear–her fantastically…
“An adult woman (the conductor) on the edge of failing and a pack of teenage girls (the choir) simultaneously experience a supernatural version of coming-of-age. The transformation is equal parts…
(Also on DVD for Maclean’s film Crush) Sound design by John McKay and Chris Burt/Music by The Headless Chickens
Plays with sound perspective (sounds emanating from different locations, devices, distances), non-simultaneous sounds (layering sounds from different scenes/times, compressing the narrative), beautiful score that is strong intertextual reference (John Coltrane’s…
Joi McMillon, editor. Swimming scene: jump cuts, hidden edits
