Comma Boat (2013)

In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who oscillates between feelings of omnipotence and self-doubt. As if a post-human, post-gendered reincarnation of the Fellini character in 8 ½, the director gloats and frets about professional and ethical transgressions. "I know I lied to get ahead," he admits at one point. "I've made up so many different alphabets just to get ahead in my field." The director is fancier now, but the fear nags that he might be "repeating" himself "like a dumb soldier ova and ova and ova and ova." The meta-connection to the artist's own career, while obvious, is also a decoy. All art, at some level, is about the artist. Here, reflexivity is the surface level, providing a decodable veneer that encases something more unsettling and complex. Single-channel and 3-channel versions.

Directing:
  • Ryan Trecartin

Writing:
  • Ryan Trecartin

Stars:
Release Date: 2013-12-08
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 33
Ian Isiah
Ian Isiah
Parachute
Lee Kyle
Lee Kyle
Circle Yet
Analisa Teachworth
Analisa Teach...
Ring Jenny
Ryan Trecartin
Ryan Trecarti...
Yet
Raul de Nieves
Raul de Nieve...
Host / Host. Scooter
Simon Castets
Simon Castets
French Yet
Alison Powell
Alison Powell
Host
Caitlin MacBride
Caitlin MacBr...
Host. z
Telfar Clemens
Telfar Clemen...
Host / Pony / Maincomment . too. hostscript
Irina Cocimarov
Irina Cocimar...
Ring Jenny
Aaron David Ross
Aaron David R...
Sexy Yet
Tierney Finster
Tierney Finst...
Jenny.Memories
Rachel Lord
Rachel Lord
Jenny.Tanked
Chris Moukarbel
Chris Moukarb...
Other Boyband
Allison Byrnes
Allison Byrne...
Owna Act. Etho-nark. Anthrocam
Courtney Malick
Courtney Mali...
Host. Class Mates
Akeem Smith
Akeem Smith
Host / Courtsey / Maincomment. also. hostscript
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