Video, color, sound, TRT 00:12:48
In the 1989 adult-oriented computer series, Leisure Suit Larry wanders the jungle of a colonized village searching for love, which he finds, after a multitude of failed romantic interactions, with Passionate Patti, a perfect and unattainable woman. In an act of cathexis, Larry's energies concentrate on Patti in a complex of libido, love, and gender expression that leads Larry/Patti on an investigation of duality. bell hooks' meditations on love attempt to guide them, but are rejected and re-purposed by the game's instinct. Blocked by his own ego and the constructs of the game in which he wanders, Larry's desires are continually repressed.
Screenings:
Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, Netherlands
Endless Biennial, New York City
West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, West Virginia
UNEXPOSED Microcinema, North Carolina
Jornadas de Reapropriacion, Mexico
SF Indiefest, California
Berlin Experimental Film Festival, Germany
Tahoe Underground Film Festival, Nevada
WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Canada
Haverhill Experimental Film Festival #4 (Jury Mention Recipient), Massachusetts
Writ Large , UC Santa Cruz, California
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Wisconsin
The Vassar Review
