The show’s excessive 40-minute running time seem to put dreams of commercial viability or a television pick-up beside the point: it’s a vanity project for Writer/executive-producer/star/real-life meteorologist Tucky Williams. She plays the equivalent of The L-Word’s Shane, Evan, a brash playgirl whom everyone wants to bang. Of course, part of the appeal of the show is how easy it is to feel smug about the characters’ uncoolness, and the amateurish production values. The camera isn’t even white balanced. But there’s something delightfully unhinged about a show in which a major plot line involves a 16-year old girl who becomes obsessed with Evan after she lies about her age and sleeps with her. Still, if Scene seems liberated in terms of its celebration of underage consensual sex, this is still a show in which the Trans-man is a sexless sidekick. Girl/Girl Scene is surreal in only the way that amateur media aspiring to conventionality can be.

Girl/Girl Scene EP 102 “A Case of You” Trailer from Girl/Girl Scene on Vimeo.

Really uncomfortable interview conducted by Tucky Williams. More
treats available on her site, Tucky Williams.com

This piece was written in conjunction with a retrospective I programmed and screened back in November at Block Cinema.

My Dear Enemy (2008)

The pleasure in looking at Lee’s complete oeuvre comes from recognizing how this modest filmmaker’s visual style continues to evolve and adapt: from the structurally clean compositions of This Charming Girl (2004) to the rich, high-density images of Ad Lib Night (2006); from the spare, awkward scope frames of Love Talk (2005), and, finally, to the sleek, clever widescreen two-shots in My Dear Enemy. More at The House Next Door.

New Sincerity: Dog Beach Outtake from Jason Klorfein on Vimeo.

Sunday at the Dog Beach. Spring 2009.

Joy turned hilariously into terror. Shot by Telly Ramos, on our Sunday afternoon power-hour to collect b-roll for “New Sincerity”. Unfortunately, this didn’t end up in the short.

Before Departure will be screening at the Dallas VideoFest on Sat., Nov. 6, at noon. It is included as part of the “Surface of the Pixel” shorts program, which also features work by Ken Jacobs and Nicolas Provost. It feels mighty nice to be included among them. Check out the festival’s schedule here.

Surface of the Pixel Program:

• Oscilator Color | Sabine Gruffat
• Before Departure | Jason Klorfein
• Gravity | Nicolas Provost
• Lossless 2 | Rebecca Baron , Douglas Goodwin
• Lossless 5 | Douglas Goodwin, Rebecca Baron
• Nanosporin AI | Stephen Hal Fishman
• R+B+G | Gregory Gutenko 2008
• The Divers | Nicolas Provost
• The Sky Socialist Stratified | Ken Jacobs
• Untitled (2 axes) | Timothy McConville

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