Rappaport reconstructs how Anita Ekberg became an internationally famous sex goddess as a result of the careful cultivation of her image in successive movies. The filmmaker offers a further exploration of the texts and subtexts of commercial films, hinting at the subterranean and complicated ways that they affect us. See also The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk.
Also in this combined programme
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Glass House
Beloff attempts to realize a script Eisenstein never succeeded in filming. The result is a merry excursion through the brain of a visionary avant-gard -
Salomé
Child reanimates old film versions of the mythical character Salomé by adding a stimulating klezmer soundtrack and poetic intertitles. -
Fabric
Girardet reconstructs a 1950s fashion commercial using only remnants of the original footage, resulting in an intriguing silent pantomime. -
The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk
In this video essay, Rappaport zooms in on the dressing table and the special place it occupies in the universe of Sirk, master of the…
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, USA
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 18'
- Medium/Format
- File
