Back when I was young and cool, I was dating this amazing girl. I was introduced to her circle of friends, including one who acted in Flashdance and was a backup singer for Pink Floyd. This one was in a short film called The Grand Poseur. My girlfriend worked on the film, as did the wife of one of my friends. (They met through me and my girlfriend.) Anyway, we all went out to UCLA (I think) to watch a screening.
The live-action film is shot like a cartoon, with garish colours and full-head masks on all of the actors. It was bizarre. I liked it. I’ve always wished I could see it again, but my sporadic Google searches turned up nothing. My friend who portrayed Liberty and Prostitute posted the Vimeo link on Facebook a few days ago. After decades, I finally got to see it again!
It’s not everyone’s cuppa, but I thought I’d post in case anyone has an extra 30 minutes. I found this review from 1988 just now:
The 30-minute The Grand Poseur is a wildly inventive little film with big ideas. A toxic waste company, run by Mr. Bonehead, symbolizes capitalism at its most venal. Money is the owner’s obsession. Workers are expendable. The characters in this sci-fi satire of corporate greed wear strange masks and hatch evil plots. Can anyone save the day?
Enter the grand poseur, a mystery figure in tights, who romances the imprisoned Statue of Liberty, here a real live woman. He disturbs Bonehead’s plans.
Writer-director Adam Dubov knocks the way of the world with humor. He creates a bizarre universe with superior sets and costumes. With a larger budget, what wonders would he create?