Comma Boat

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Ryan Trecartin

Yet

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Irina Cocimarov

Ring Jenny

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Ruth Gruca

Ring Jenny

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Madeline Poole

Ring Jenny

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Analisa Teachworth

Ring Jenny

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Tatiana Marie Valentin

Ring Jenny

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Simon Castets

French Yet

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Jesse Hoffmann

History Yet

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Co-Producer	Alisa Tager Lola Sinreich Cat Krudy
	Consulting Accountant	Gina Kwon Mary Pat Bentel Heather Carson Kent Sparling
	Producer	Ryan Trecartin Lizzie Fitch
	Accountant	Amy Davila Libby Dosart
Sound	Sound Designer	Akeem Smith Ryan Trecartin Lizzie Fitch Telfar Clemens Ian Isiah
	Musician	Nathan Whipple Andrew Aged Daniel Aged
	Sound	Kevin Goold
	Sound Technical Supervisor	Kevin Goold
Camera	Camera Operator	M. Blash Lizzie Fitch Lola Sinreich Anthony Valdez Mary Ann Heagerty Sergio Pastor
Directing	Director	Ryan Trecartin
Editing	Editor	Ryan Trecartin
	Editorial Production Assistant	Lizzie Fitch
	Assistant Editor	Lola Sinreich Anthony Valdez Sergio Pastor
Art	Production Design	Ryan Trecartin Lizzie Fitch
	Props	Anthony Valdez Sergio Pastor Sean Grattan Nick Rodrigues Jeremiah Thies Emily Auble
	Set Supervisor	Nick Rodrigues Jeremiah Thies
Writing	Writer	Ryan Trecartin
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup & Hair	Ryan Trecartin Lizzie Fitch Peggy Noland Sweet P. Vaughn Dawn Subhasiriwatana Gina Ribisi Ian Isiah Anthony Valdez Liz Rywelski Murphy Maxwell Seth Bogart Raul Lopez Becky Brazier Connor Nims Monica Alvarez Emily Rae Blackmun Andrea Cardenas Janiva Ellis Carlota Gonzolez Kaci Grinder Erica Uribe
	Wardrobe Master	Ryan Trecartin Lizzie Fitch Murphy Maxwell
Crew	Script	Lizzie Fitch Anthony Valdez
	Prop Maker	Peggy Noland
	Scenic Artist	Fernando Díaz Jeremy Crabtree James Haworth Doug Johnson Mikael Pecherkin Rangel Mata Kristen Burton Kevin Valentine Satoshi Imagawa Jose Garcia Victor Balogh Wendy Templeton
	Craft Service	Mireya Lucio
Lighting	Electrician	Jason Moore Nate Pointius Shareka Calhoun Sharena Calhoun Dea Lazo Luke Megner Christopher Roller Steven Snider Thompson Tran Tiffany Williams
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