First Point (2012)

Phillips has embarked on a new phase of work that hinges on the selfawareness of reallife subjects Lindsay Lohan 2011 and Sasha Grey 2011 his first two films made their debut at the Commercial Break film project at the 2011 Biennale di Venezia In these motion portraits the notorious actresses pose eroticallyGrey in a modernist John Lautner home and Lohan in an aquamarine infinity pool Both actresses project selfconscious recognition in their performances and in turn point toward the transformative potential of narrative action framed by their compelling beauty Phillipss third film First Point 2012 marks his second collaboration with Lohan and third collaboration with legendary surf filmmaker Taylor Steele A contemporary film noir First Point juxtaposes haunting nocturnal imagery with surf sequences in which female prosurfer Kassia Meador Lohans acknowledged stunt double and Lohan herself appear