Kitchen Girl (2001)

In Kitchen Girl Trecartins frequent collaborator Lizzie Fitch throws herself into a state of total hysteria portraying a girl who takes the childhood game of playing house to a dark and disturbing place After pretending to cook dinner for her kids represented by colorful plush toys she finds them lacking in appreciation of her efforts and throws them out the window Fitchs overwrought performance is perfectly matched by Trecartins skillful hyperkinetic editing Together they turn Trecartins kitchen into a dimly lit world of mental trauma Combining the innocuous with the malevolent Fitch and Trecartin escort the viewer on a whirlwind tour of household dysfunction child abuse and isolation