Suitcase of Love and Shame
Art of the Real 2014
April 11 - 26, 2014
Filmmakers Jane Gillooly and Gustavo Beck in person for Q&A on April 15!
Constructed from 60 hours of audiotape discovered in a suitcase purchased on eBay, this film reveals the intimate details of an affair between a Midwestern woman and her lover, who used a reel-to-reel tape recorder to document their romance. Screening with O Arquipélago.
Filmmakers Jane Gillooly and Gustavo Beck in person for Q&A on April 15!
Constructed from 60 hours of reel-to-reel audiotape from the 1960s discovered in a suitcase purchased on eBay, Suitcase of Love and Shame reveals the intimate details of an affair between a Midwestern woman and her lover, who used recording devices to remember and document their romance. Foregrounding the audio material and restraining the visual, director Jane Gillooly reconstructs the doomed relationship in a way that brings the material exceptionally close to the viewer.
Screening with:
O Arquipélago
Gustavo Beck | Brazil | 2013 | DCP | 28m
An enigmatic and captivating chronicle of a working Brazilian family and the life around them, through their direct and indirect engagement with the camera. North American premiere
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