Malfunctions (2024)
Through sampling, glitch editing and pitch play, Malfunctions combines early newsreels and Harvard University science footage of actual, imminent hazards: past disasters that foreshadow present current environmental and infrastructural crises. Connecting this cinematic collage is a remix of Mae West’s intensely sexualized version of a 1913 song by Black Canadian composer Shelton Brooks, from the film She Done Him Wrong (1933). Radically slowed, West’s mournful, sensual voice transforms loss and longing into a haunting stillness played out over oddities in the news.
Director: Julie Anne Sando, Patrick Bergeron
Runtime: 5 min
Release Date: October 25, 2024
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Malfunctions about?
- Through sampling, glitch editing and pitch play, Malfunctions combines early newsreels and Harvard University science footage of actual, imminent hazards: past disasters that foreshadow present current environmental and infrastructural crises. Connecting this cinematic collage is a remix of Mae West’s intensely sexualized version of a 1913 song by Black Canadian composer Shelton Brooks, from the film She Done Him Wrong (1933). Radically slowed, West’s mournful, sensual voice transforms loss and longing into a haunting stillness played out over oddities in the news.
- Who directed Malfunctions?
- Malfunctions was directed by Julie Anne Sando, Patrick Bergeron.
- How long is Malfunctions?
- Malfunctions has a runtime of 5m (5 minutes).