This one is a collage of Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s and 1960s, filmed directly from the television set. The constantly recurring motifs of suspense and clichés of plot make it possible to move seamlessly among scenes from different films with different protagonists: uneasy sleep, getting up, listening at the door, turning on the lights, being startled, etc. In the montage, the movements and gestures of the actresses – stars like Lana Turner, Tippi Hedren, and Grace Kelly– seem choreographed and planned for each other. The soundtrack supports this effect with connecting passages of sound that imitate the stereotypes of the genre. The treatment concentrates the dramatic shift from the familiar to the eerie and shows how women become the victims of the voyeuristic glance of film.
Directed by Matthias Müller
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Related
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Naqoyqatsi
Being James Bond
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Anselm
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Seduced and Abandoned
Heart of a Dog
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
Seven Up!
The Class of ‘92
A Toxic Love Story
Vampir Cuadecuc