What's The Love Making Babies For (2003)
Trecartin's extraordinary digital manipulations reach a new level as he speculates in vivid animation about reproduction, sexuality, and contemporary moralities. Collapsing footage appropriated from television, the Internet, and pop culture, Trecartin and his elaborately costumed collaborators manufacture an alien yet familiar reality. Inside this startling new video world, technophile gods wearing acid-washed denim argue about the future of gender and produce cryptic TV commercials. In a surreal backyard town meeting, characters deliver disjointed polemics assembled from clashing phrases that could have originated in ad campaigns, instant messaging conversations, or twisted episodes of syndicated science fiction. Constructed from the raw material of disposable media clichés and fads, Trecartin's narrative leaves us to answer the riddles he poses.
Director: Ryan Trecartin
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Ryan Trecartin as |
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Lizzie Fitch as |
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Alison Powell as |
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Rhett LaRue as |
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Muffy Brandt as |
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Asher Penn as |
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Brian McKeligott as |
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Nick Payne as |
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Ben Carlson as |
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Lindsay Beebe as |
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Will Gurly as |
| Writing | Ryan Trecartin | Writer |
| Editing | Ryan Trecartin | Editor |
| Production | Ryan Trecartin | Producer |
| Directing | Ryan Trecartin | Director |