Comma Boat (2013)

Comedy

In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who oscillates between feelings of omnipotence and self-doubt. As if a post-human, post-gendered reincarnation of the Fellini character in 8 ½, the director gloats and frets about professional and ethical transgressions. "I know I lied to get ahead," he admits at one point. "I've made up so many different alphabets just to get ahead in my field." The director is fancier now, but the fear nags that he might be "repeating" himself "like a dumb soldier ova and ova and ova and ova." The meta-connection to the artist's own career, while obvious, is also a decoy. All art, at some level, is about the artist. Here, reflexivity is the surface level, providing a decodable veneer that encases something more unsettling and complex. Single-channel and 3-channel versions.

Cast

Host / Pony / Maincomment . too. hostscript
Host / Fineline. band
Host / Host. Unison
Host / Swim Body / Host. More Trade
Host / Host. Scooter
Jenny.Memories
Ring Jenny
Jenny.Tanked
Jenny.Contest
Jenny.Spy / Host. Occupy
Not a Contest / Host. Guide
Other Boyband
Parachute
Time. 2jam
Time. 2jam
Time. 2jam / Fineline. band
Host. Spotter
Host. Junior War
Technician. top40
Technician. jamcam
Owna Act. Etho-nark. Anthrocam
Host. Jenny Sit
Host. Class Mates
Host / Courtsey / Maincomment. also. hostscript
French Yet
History Yet
Circle Yet
Sexy Yet

Crew

Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Production Design
Production Design
Sound Technical Supervisor
Set Supervisor
Set Supervisor
Wardrobe Master
Wardrobe Master
Wardrobe Master
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Prop Maker
Electrician
Electrician
Electrician
Electrician
Electrician
Electrician
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Scenic Artist
Accountant
Accountant
Consulting Accountant
Consulting Accountant
Consulting Accountant
Consulting Accountant
Craft Service
Editorial Production Assistant
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Sound Designer