Comma Boat

Comma Boat (2013)

Comedy

In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who oscillates between feelings of omnipotence and self-doubt. As if a post-human, post-gendered reincarnation of the Fellini character in 8 ½, the director gloats and frets about professional and ethical transgressions. "I know I lied to get ahead," he admits at one point. "I've made up so many different alphabets just to get ahead in my field." The director is fancier now, but the fear nags that he might be "repeating" himself "like a dumb soldier ova and ova and ova and ova." The meta-connection to the artist's own career, while obvious, is also a decoy. All art, at some level, is about the artist. Here, reflexivity is the surface level, providing a decodable veneer that encases something more unsettling and complex. Single-channel and 3-channel versions.

Director: Ryan Trecartin

Casts

	Ryan Trecartin as Yet
	Irina Cocimarov as Ring Jenny
	Ruth Gruca as Ring Jenny
	Madeline Poole as Ring Jenny
	Analisa Teachworth as Ring Jenny
	Tatiana Marie Valentin as Ring Jenny
	Simon Castets as French Yet
	Jesse Hoffmann as History Yet
	Lee Kyle as Circle Yet
	Jude MC as Sexy Yet
	Aaron David Ross as Sexy Yet
	Telfar Clemens as Host / Pony / Maincomment . too. hostscript
	Casey Jane Ellison as Host / Fineline. band
	Jayne Goldsmith as Host
	Raul Lopez as Host / Host. Unison
	Leigha Mason as Host
	Murphy Maxwell as Host / Swim Body / Host. More Trade
	Raul de Nieves as Host / Host. Scooter
	Alison Powell as Host
	Tierney Finster as Jenny.Memories
	Rachel Lord as Jenny.Tanked
	Peggy Noland as Jenny.Contest
	Liz Rywelski as Jenny.Spy / Host. Occupy
	Frankie Delessio as Not a Contest / Host. Guide
	Chris Moukarbel as Other Boyband
	Ian Isiah as Parachute
	Andrew Aged as Time. 2jam
	Daniel Aged as Time. 2jam
	Nathan Whipple as Time. 2jam / Fineline. band
	Matthew Lawton as Host. Spotter
	Daniel Spann as Host. Junior War
	Lauren Devine as Technician. top40
	Nick Weiss as Technician. jamcam
	Allison Byrnes as Owna Act. Etho-nark. Anthrocam
	Sarah Ball as Host. y
	Caitlin MacBride as Host. z
	Johnny Makeup as Host. Jenny Sit
	Courtney Malick as Host. Class Mates
	Akeem Smith as Host / Courtsey / Maincomment. also. hostscript

Crew