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The Son of Samsonite (2002)

   
Single-Channel Video. 9:30 minutes. Color. Stereo. 4x3.
 
An experimental narrative, The Son of Samsonite uses several text streams to bombard the viewer with multiple narrative possibilities. A series of extended images (a man with a bundle of dynamite on his head, a figure lying in a bed of snow amongst suitcases, a couple embracing in a bathtub full of ice) reinforce the themes of destruction found in the texts. Composed of memories of other images (often cinematic), The Son of Samsonite is filled with irony and black humor, puns and pop songs, and a troubled relationship that unfolds amongst disasters.
 
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A video by Mike Olenick.
Starring: Mike Olenick and Catherine Deneuve.
Camera: Aaron Anderson, Jamie Breitsch, Sung-Eun Lee, Ann Roll.
Sound: Ryan Pescatore Frisk and Mike Olenick.
 


Selected Screenings:
Ann Arbor Film Festival (Honorable Mention)
World Wide Video Festival (Amsterdam)
Brooklyn Underground Film Festival
VIPER Basel (Basel, Switzerland)
Let's Ged Tested (travelling program of work curated by Astria Suparak)
The Oberhausen Film Festival (Let's Get Tested)
The Independent Film Show (Naples, Italy - Let's Get Tested)
Video Pool (Let's Get Tested)
Z Film Festival
Version03>Fest: Technopocalypse Vs. Technotopia
Kunstkanaal (Dutch Arts Channel)
New Media Arts Festival (Seoul, Korea)
hi/lo Film Festival
Big Muddy Film Festival
prog:ME
U.S. Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival (Best Experimental)
5th NAP Biennial Video Festival (First Prize Narrative), also screened at Paula Cooper Gallery
Coney Island Short Film Festival
Hi Mom! Film Festival
Ohio Short Film + Video Festival (Wexner Center for the Arts)
Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Degree Show
2nd Annual Video Fest Detroit