Whoa, two reviews at 366 Weird Movies in one week! I'm pretty famous over there, I guess. This time around I've tackled the unclassifiable Pepperminta, a film you most likely haven't heard of but should definitely look into, though unfortunately it's only screened about 3 times in the US so far. It's the feature film debut of the insanely awesome Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist, and it follows a Pippi Longstocking-esque character navigating the doldrums of others' boring routine existence and brightening it with her colorful approach to life. There are unexpected musical numbers, trippy visuals, and goofy characters, plus a good amount of sacred feminine imagery and Rist's trademark idealism. It's fun and funny and incredibly beautiful, and definitely very, very weird. Check out my full review!
Also see some of her rad videos (they're so good but really bizarre- just fyi):
I'm Not the Girl Who Misses Much
I Want to See How You See
I'm a Victim of This Song
Ever is Over All (I saw this phenomenal installation at MoMA a few years ago; hard to really encapsulate on youtube...)
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Pepperminta (2009) at 366 Weird Movies
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Read about this in the New Yorker. She sounds utterly sunny, in a good way.
ReplyDeleteAlexa: Good to know it's being talked about in the New Yorker! I had trouble finding much about it online in English when I was writing the review a week or two ago. And "utterly sunny in a good way" just about sums it up!
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