The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
Henry Hills’s Emma’s Dilemma reinvents the portrait for the age of digital reproduction. In a set of tour-de-force probes into the images and essences of such downtown luminaries as Richard Foreman, Ken Jacobs, and Carolee Schneemann, Hills’s cinematic inventions literally turn the screen upside down and inside out. In this epic journey into the picaresque, we follow Emma Bee Bernstein, our intrepid protagonist, from her pre-teen innocence to her late teen-attitude, as she learns about the downtown art scene firsthand. In the process, Hills reimagines the art of video in a style that achieves the density, complexity, and visual richness of his greatest films.
Ratings
TMDB1/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Henry HillsDirector
Cast
- Emma Bee BernsteinHerself
- Carolee SchneemannHerself
- Jackson Mac LowHimself
- Ken JacobsHimself
- Cheryl DoneganHerself
- Keith SanbornHimself