"Marion and Gen" is my contribution to the "Requiem//102" project. The "Requiem//102" project is a collaboration between artists, scholars, and writers. Each contributor writes (or makes) a response based on one still frame from Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream". My contribution is a short film that begins with my assigned still image and then forms an alternate biography for the character of Marion Silver. This biography is pieced together from memories of Marion’s cinematic past and future, with Jennifer Connelly’s body working as chief medium. Soon, the borders between the actress' body and her cinematic incarnations begin to erode...
