Filmmaker Jane Gillooly purchased a suitcase on eBay filled with a collection of reel-to-reel tapes, dating to the early 1960s, of audio letters sent back and forth between a Midwestern married man and his lover. Using this new technology, they recorded the intimate details of their affair, from the office to the bedroom, the mundane to the erotic. Armed with these compelling exchanges but no corresponding photographs, Gillooly set about reconstructing their story using minimal, evocative images. As we eavesdrop on secrets from fifty years ago, for Gillooly, “a lot of what you’re seeing is your own imagination.”
Part of the Documentary Voices 2016 series at the BAM/PFA.
Free gallery admission with same-day film ticket!
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Part of the Documentary Voices 2016 series at the BAM/PFA.
Free gallery admission with same-day film ticket!
Filmmaker Jane Gillooly purchased a suitcase on eBay filled with a collection of reel-to-reel tapes, dating to the early 1960s, of audio letters sent back and forth between a Midwestern married man and his lover. Using this new technology, they recorded the intimate details of their affair, from the office to the bedroom, the mundane to the erotic. Armed with these compelling exchanges but no corresponding photographs, Gillooly set about reconstructing their story using minimal, evocative images. As we eavesdrop on secrets from fifty years ago, for Gillooly, “a lot of what you’re seeing is your own imagination.”
Part of the Documentary Voices 2016 series at the BAM/PFA.
Free gallery admission with same-day film ticket!
read more
Part of the Documentary Voices 2016 series at the BAM/PFA.
Free gallery admission with same-day film ticket!
show less
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