One Woman Waiting

“One Woman Waiting” evokes questions of subjectivity in the mirrored performance of two women. The single take, tableau composition forms the structure for catalytic change between the characters. The sensuous desert environment accentuates the poetic and ephemeral quality of this film. “Massarella uses the fixed camera shot in her enigmatic film of a symbolic encounter between two women in a beautifully shot desert location. Its cryptic form is a good example of how an idea can be treated most effectively by simple means, for instance in the use of the frame as a point of entry and exit for characters and as a perspectival space which uses foreground and interior for dramatic and emotional ends.” – Michael O’Pray, Independent Means, Canadian Experimental Films at the London Filmmaker’s Co-op Awards: Special Merit Award, Athens International Film Festival, 1985 Selected screenings: L.A. International Gay/Lesbian Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 1985; San Francisco International Gay Film Festival, San Francisco, CA,1985; Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, BC, 1985; Festival of Festivals, Toronto, ON, 1985; Toronto International Film Festival 10 x 10 Retrospective, Toronto, ON,1993; “Independent Means”, UK & European Film Tour, 1987; Cinematheque Quebecoise, Montreal, QC, 1989; San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA 1990; National Film Board, John Spotton Cinema, Toronto, ON,1992