MARIE LOSIER - THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE / FELIX IN WONDERLAND

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New York filmmaker born in Paris, Marie Losier begins filming, with portraits of people she met in New York, documenting their lives from what she sees and what she feels after many years in theater and painting which had a great influence on her. Then she uses her imagination to represent these characters or situations as in a tableau vivant. Always with the materiality of the film which requires a certain way of working, her cinema develops a mystery, a magical moment.

“Everyday life was transformed into a kind of show, something theatrical. I think this is where life and documentary come together, without being forced. I learned from some of the most extravagant people!” -Marie Losier

Experimental filmmaker Marie Losier makes engaging cinematic portraits of figures in avant-garde circles, among them George Kuchar (ELECTROCUTE YOUR STARS) and Guy Maddin (MANUELLE LABOR), and choreographs performance pieces starring outrageous, costumed characters. In her first feature-length film, she combines these two strands of her filmmaking practice.

Seven years in the making, THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE is a mesmerizing and deeply romantic love story between pioneering musician and performance artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and soul mate Lady Jaye. Breaking new ground in its depiction of gender transformation and identity, the film chronicles the physical and spiritual merging of two beings into one. Eschewing the classic talking heads documentary format, Losier's film employs Genesis as the narrator of her own life story. Losier animates this soothing narration with experimental techniques, including the breathless pace of her 16mm moving camera, accelerated and slow motion, rapid montage, over- and underexposed images, camera flares, archival material, and reenactments that enliven this heartfelt tale of love and loss. Losier's film also captures unique behind-the-scenes preparations and live performances of their bands that pioneered industrial music, Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, closing in perfect form with the evocative and poignant love ballad "The Orchids."

-Jon Gartenberg, Tribeca Film Festival Program Note

In FELIX IN WONDERLAND one falls into the world of Felix Kubin’s experimentation and creation of music sound and his mastering of his instrument of predilection, the KORG MS20. A portrait of a great artist who never stops living with music in his head.

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THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE / FELIX IN WONDERLAND

THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE (FRANCE, 2011)

Director: Marie Losier

  • 72 minutes
  • 16mm
  • Color
FELIX IN WONDERLAND (US, 2019)

Director: Marie Losier

  • 52 minutes
  • 16mm/Video
  • Color
Bonus Material

Director: Marie Losier

PAPAL BROKEN-DANCE (6’, SUPER-8 & 16MM, 2009)
FLYING SAUCEY! (11’, 16MM, 2006)
LUNCH BREAK ON THE XEROX MACHINE (3', 16MM, 2003)
BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS (2’, 16MM, 2002)
THE TOUCH RETOUCHED (5’, VIDEO, 2002)
TAXIDERMIZE ME (11’, 16MM, 2021)
WHICH IS WITCH? (6’, 16MM, 2020)
DRAW ME NOW (5’, 16MM, 2018)
WALTZ ME TRUST ME (3’, 16MM, 2016)
"ELECTRIC STORM" 100 YEARS OF THEREMIN (5, 16MM, 2021)

Distribution Format/s: DSL/Downloadable 1080p .mp4 file on server; Blu-ray & DVD-PAL Combo / Region 0 (No Regional Code), 16:9, Stereo

Total Running Time: 03:01:00

Language: French and English

Booklet Text: Includes an excerpt from a conversation with Marie Losier, French and English (48 pages)

Published By: RE:VOIR

Institutional Price: DSL $600; DVD $300

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