Seductively moody with lachrymal watercolors and slow jazz, Suzan Pitt’s atmospheric short begins in a noirish realm of downcast introspection. Once the melancholic fog lifts, bright and looping jungle imagery flourishes, inspired by the filmmaker’s own joyful adventures in Guatemala and Mexico.
Shot on the floor of her bedroom and soundtracked to a xylophonic plink-plonk with the help of her toddler, Suzan Pitt’s playful short is as witty as it is whimsical. Giggling its way to ecstasy, this early work by the American animator bursts with colorful similes for the body and its pleasures.
Shot through with ticklish dialogue from a dipsomaniac medic and unorthodox saints, this short is as comical as it is grotesque. With hand-painting from fellow experimental filmmaker Naomi Uman, Suzan Pitt twists the path to salvation, transforming it into a miniature house of horrors.