The Master is Drowning [2012, digital video, sound, 10 min 25 sec] In The Master is Drowning the artist extends her use of found film beyond home movies to historical documentary, combining private and
public film sequences to create a story that is both fictive and «real».
Not exact matches
The documentary is mainly comprised of interviews, many with the director himself in his apartment, but the highlight for most will be the scene of Tarantino and De Palma talking about the similarities in their careers of having to deal with
public attention regarding the violent content in their
films (this comes after an extended
sequence featuring Tarantino explaining his love for De Palma, which includes a personal scrapbook of printed interviews and a description of the influence that Casualties of War had on certain elements in Reservoir Dogs).
One of the
film's funniest
sequences takes place in a lecture hall when Deanna confronts her fear of
public speaking, in which McCarthy turns a common, everyday anxiety into something to laugh about.
With a great soundtrack composed by Jay Chung, the
film presents repeating
sequences of photographs of post-war
public housing in Germany.