Antediluvian

“I wanted to make a shamelessly pretty movie. A sexy, jazzy, sleazy little piece. I built up various tableaux using satin, silk and lace. I scattered glass baubles, costume pearls, sequins, glitter; and when it started to torch I brought in the pagan elements-select cards from the Tarot de Paris, the Aquarian Tarot, the Rider Tarot and Crowley’s Thoth. I threw down the Lovers, I threw down the Thrice Pierced Heart and the Tower, The Fall from Grace. Then I brought in the boy and took his clothes off and read Barthes’ ‘Le corps de l’autre (The Body of the Other)’ and when it all became very Las Vegas and very Religious and very Vulgar, I mixed in a little opera and drew the curtains shut.” – Anna Proulx, translated by John Gagné A collaboration between John Gagné and Anna Proulx. The music is from an old Eumig cassette of Music for Home Movies. The opera is from a busker in Munich.