(the letterboxd descriptions are titles for these are so goofy i promise they’re so much better in person at the gallery)
of course this is the exact kind of shit i like because what’s better than slow cinema? why 13 hours of footage of just random people living their day to day lives in different cities around the world of course. this is exactly the kind of shit i adore and maybe i should be ashamed to say that this…
saw this in exhibition at the MAC/CCB in lisbon.
there’s a moment in this i adore where you’ve been watching footage of frazzled tourists and people clearing out water from shops cut back to this man standing knee deep in the water drinking wine while leaning against the bar and watching the chaos. over time this builds the impression of him as somehow superior, a suave, cool, and detached response to disaster. later something happens and when it cuts to…
“men: can’t live with them, can’t - no that’s it”
this was a lesbian enemies to lovers masterclass in camp. gracie singing in the same tune as her ‘you think i’m gorgeous you wanna kiss me’ to her new partner (girlfriend if they weren’t cowards) ‘you’re my new partner you have to like me’ was just the icing on the cake. nothing better than the girls and the gays taking on crime in full drag, true wlw mlm solidarity, a lesson in slay.
