Lovers Sleep Together
2017 · 54m · USA
Directed by Dan Schoenbrun, Vanessa McDonnell, Brian Lonano, Annie Silverstein, Harrison Atkins, Olivia Wyatt, Amy Seimetz, Colin Healey, Izzi Galindo
Genres: comedy, drama, experimental
Tones: darkly comic, provocative, surreal
The eighth episode of The Eyeslicer — a curated anthology TV show of transgressive American short filmmaking — this installment collects short films themed around love, sex, and relationships from a roster of boundary-pushing indie directors. Segments include 'Gwilliam,' 'Skunk,' 'Chocolate Heart,' 'I Met My Husband in the Middle of the Sea,' 'When We Lived in Miami,' 'LOVEWATCH,' and 'Genital Health #2.'
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The scouts
A 'secret TV show' dropped on Vimeo like contraband — one-hour anthology of the weirdest American short filmmakers alive, themed around love and genitals. Dan Schoenbrun curating the apocalypse of American indie film, one Tribeca sneak peek at a time. This is what TV could be if TV had ever actually tried.
The Eyeslicer in its most ambitious mode — Schoenbrun and McDonnell curating a 54-minute anthology of transgressive American shorts that, as a unit, behaves like Liquid Television's grown-up cousin. Genuinely revealing of an entire scene.
Eyeslicer's eighth episode collects boundary-pushing American shorts around love and sex — at 54 minutes it's an anthology, not a film, and the quality is necessarily uneven. The format is the radical proposition.
Festivals
- Tribeca Film Festival 2017