Object for Lonely Men is a film by Noam Toran which tells the story of a man so obsessed with Godard’s "Breathless" that he builds a tray full of objects which reflects the physical language of the film. The objects include a mannequin head which resembles Jean Seberg (the female lead), a gun, hat, telephone, Herald Tribune newspaper, sunglasses, ashtray, steering wheel, rear view mirror and a pack of Gitanes non-filtered cigarettes. The tray serves as an outlet for the man’s desires, allowing him to directly channel the influence of cinema on his fantasies into physical action.
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