简介：Aroundafamiliartheme–thebreakupofamarriage–YvonneRainerconstructsawickedlyfunnyaccountofaself-satisfiedwomaniser.Sittinginachairfacingthecamera,JackDellerramblesonaboutwomen,whosevisualabsencerunsthroughtheentirefilm.Onthesoundtrackweheartheirquestionsandcomments,byturnsenragedorlaconic,bothstressingandalsosubvertingDeller’sself-assureddiscourse.Thespokenwordsaretakenfromtextsfoundinfilmandeverydayculture,frompoststructuralist,psychoanalyticandfeministtheory.Asidefromthethemeofthefailed(heterosexual)relationship,furtherfieldsofconflictgetexplored–thehousingshortageandgentrificationinNewYorkduringthe1980s,abortionrights,theviolentinterventionsoftheUSinLatinAmerica.Anever-endingcollagemadeupofcontradictorylevelsofmeaningresultsinproducingevernewconnectionsandcontexts.“Rainerisnottryingforsomekindofwell-manneredcorrectnessoramasterly,fatherlynotionof‘transcendentintellectualclarity’;rather,shetendstowardatypeoftumblingprocess,anunbalancingofpower,language,andthebody.”(BarbaraKruger,Artforum1986) 源自：https://www.berlinale.de/en/2023/programme/202314258.html…