The text comes from an October 1953 transcript of a dinner party that took place four months after the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were tried and convicted for allegedly spying for the Soviet Union. FBI informants eavesdropped on two couples having a dinner party at an apartment in the West Village, New York City. Informant NY-964-S cannot hear many details of the conversation and fills in words he cannot understand. Most of the text is inaudible, but one gathers that the guests at the dinner party know they are being spied on, photographed and tracked. The fragmented text reveals clues to the culture in which it was captured, and by extension, to current conditions. (J. Perlin)
- Director
- Jenny Perlin
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2006
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- DV cam NTSC
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Jenny Perlin
- Sales
- Annet Gelink Gallery
- Sound Design
- Jenny Perlin
- Cast
- David Brooks, Rachel Schwartz