Movie Details
Original Language:English
Travesty of a Mockery
10 min
A 10 minute film that depicts a man and a woman having an argument This domestic drama is enacted simultaneously on two separate projected screensthe mans space is described by a chair standing against a blank wall the womans by a fridge and a fragment of kitchen sideboard Each participant is isolated within his and her own screen the borders from one to the other being crossed by thrown objects such as a glass of milk or a frying pan and occasionally by one of the participants who unable to contain their rage launches an attack across the divide A soundtrack of tuning into a series of different radio stations accompanies the film seeming to articulate the switching emotional tenor of the scenario as it moves through confusion anger sadness and resignation
DirectorSam Taylor-Johnson
