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Hell Frozen Over

Hell Frozen Over
NR 19 minDocumentary
Bernadette Corporation describes this work as A fashion film about the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and the color white Produced for the 2000 Walker Art Center exhibition Lets Entertain this short film employs a range of strategies to approach the idea of nothingness emptiness and vacuity with an eye to how these notions relate to contemporary masscultural entertainment Juxtaposing documentary takes on a fashion shoot with footage of semiologist Sylvère Lotringer giving an impromptu lecture on Mallarmé on a frozen lake Hell Frozen Over maintains an ambiguous stance from which to both critique and celebrate the power of surface
DirectorBernadette Corporation

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:The Bohen Foundation The Bernadette Corporation