USA,
2004, 65 min
Shown in 2005
CREDITS
- dir
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Jenni Olson
- prod
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Julie Dorf, Scott Noble
- scr
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Jenni Olson
- cam
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Sophia Constantinou
- editor
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Marc Henrich
- mus
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Weldon Kees
- cast
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Harry Dodge (voice), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (voice)
- source
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Frameline Distribution, 145 Ninth St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103. FAX: 415-861-1404. EMAIL: distribution@frameline.org.
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COMMENTS
Jenni Olson, Julie Dorf and Marc Henrich in person.
OTHER
“The changing light of San Francisco is a sea light, an island light....” —Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Get ready to be seduced by the changing qualities of light and the sublime landscapes of San Francisco in Jenni Olson’s 16mm feature-film debut. A hybrid of experimental, documentary and narrative filmmaking styles, this unique film charts the life, loves and losses of a sensitive butch dyke, lyrically narrated by Los Angeles artist, actor and director Harriet “Harry” Dodge (By Hook or by Crook). A compelling narrative and magnificent landscape cinematography are skillfully interwoven through a personal account of loves lost and gained and a rumination on the making of Frank Capra’s Meet John Doe. Olson’s background as a film historian shines through in this moving juxtaposition of a Hollywood-scripted story of suicide and the narrator’s attempts to reconcile grief over a friend’s suicide. In both the Hollywood and “real-life” stories, the Golden Gate Bridge is a central character with its own complex history that is explored further in the documentary portion of the film. This heartfelt story comes full circle in its final revelation: The landscapes of our environment often play themselves out in our emotional geographies.
—Maïa Cybele Carpenter
FACTOID #65
The combined running time for all the films in the Festival is approximately 310,000 minutes. Or to put it another way, 5,167 hours. That’s about 215 days of viewing, 24 hours a day, with no breaks.
