Re-viewing Ourselves: 15 Years Gay/Lesbian Film Imagery Chicago Filmmakers

Critic's Choice - Chicago Reader

"..a number of strong ones, and the show as a whole is impressively diverse. We see teenage lesbians, elderly lesbians, African-American lesbians, a gay/hetero triangle, and anonymous male sex--almost every piece in a different style. Two that feature performance artists are especially powerful. In Suzie Silver's A Spy (Hester Reeve Does the Doors), Hester Reeve lip-synchs Jim Morrison's voice


6/15/96 - 6/15/96

8:00pm


"..a number of strong ones, and the show as a whole is impressively diverse. Fred Camper, Chicago Reader June 14, 1996

We see teenage lesbians, elderly lesbians, African-American lesbians, a gay/hetero triangle, and anonymous male sex--almost every piece in a different style. Two that feature performance artists are especially powerful. In Suzie Silver's A Spy (Hester Reeve Does the Doors), Hester Reeve lip-synchs Jim Morrison's voice while done up as a bearded but bare-breasted Jesus--is this what's meant by a gender fuck? The images behind her constantly change--from shots of an appreciative audience to explosions to girls in panties, in an over-the-top send-up of, among other things, the anything-goes MTV style."

Director
Suzie Silver

Performers
Hester Reeves

Production
Chicago Filmmakers

Tags: Film, American, 1996