Where Does Mess Come From?

“A hybrid of narrative and performance, film and video that uses a baroque train trip to suggest the eruption of chaos behind every stray desire. Loose enigma gets its due here, but it is when the tape is plainest – as in a sequence where a woman reveals fantasies of men that approach ‘Cosmo’ dimensions – that things get most fascinating.” – Cameron Bailey, NOW “Where Does Mess Come From?” is a story of chaos in its most pedestrian form. The constant breakdown of order in the universe is also the constant breakdown of order in our lives. The need to clean house is also the need to straighten up nonsensical relationships. Humorous and disturbing, “Where Does Mess Come From?” eroticizes the male subject while examining that awkward gulf between men and women.

Film Maker
Schroder, Elizabeth G.
Year
1993
Country
U.S.A.
Length
35
Category
comedy, Work about Women, Work by Women
Genre
narrative

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