Movie Details
Theatrical Release:June 1st, 2017
Original Language:English
Weed Killer (2017)
Audience Score
17 minJun 1st, 2017
Patrick Staffs newest work was inspired by artistwriter Catherine Lords memoir The Summer of Her Baldness 2004a moving and often irreverent account of the authors experience of cancer At the heart of Weed Killer is a monologueadapted from Lords moving and often irreverent bookin which an actress reflects upon the chemically induced devastation of chemotherapy This monologue is intertwined with comparatively otherworldly sequences including choreographic gestures shot with highdefinition thermal imaging The film suggests a complex relationship to ones own suffering and draws into focus the fine line between alternately poisonous and curative substances
DirectorP Staff
