THIS FILM WAS WRITTEN FOR CHLOE SEVIGNY TO PLAY CINDY SHERMAN
→ 1999–2004
LOOKING AT BOTH OF THEIR WORK FROM 1999–2004, BEFORE CINDY TURNED 50.
START BY LINKING THEM IN TIME
AND LINKING THEIR WORK THROUGH ROLE-PLAYING.
CINDY WAS MAKING IMAGES SHE WAS NOT IN, BUT PEOPLE STILL LOOKED FOR HER INSIDE THEM. SHE WAS TURNING ANGER, JEALOUSY, SEX, AND PRODUCTIVE RAGE INTO IMAGES.
CHLOË WAS TAKING RISKS WITH ROLES THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE WITHOUT HER DEALING WITH CELEBRITY AND BEING WATCHED
CHLOË IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN TRULY REVEAL THIS ROLE.
SHE CAN BE CINDY WITHOUT TRYING TO EXPLAIN HER.
SHE CAN LET CINDY STAY UNRESOLVED.
A PERFUME CAMPAIGN
IS BEING MADE.
THE PERFUME
DOES NOT EXIST.
CINDY BECOMES
THE SMELL.
CHLOË PLAYS CINDY.
THE PRODUCTION
IS THE MAIN PLOT.
THE SET
IS THE WORLD.
THE SHOOT
BECOMES THE AD.
THE AD
BECOMES THE MYTH.
IS BEING MADE.
THE PERFUME
DOES NOT EXIST.
CINDY BECOMES
THE SMELL.
CHLOË PLAYS CINDY.
THE PRODUCTION
IS THE MAIN PLOT.
THE SET
IS THE WORLD.
THE SHOOT
BECOMES THE AD.
THE AD
BECOMES THE MYTH.
FOR
BAG LADIES
CINDY SHERMAN AND CHLOE SEVIGNY
SCRIPTS
FORM
A PERFUME AD
STYLING
CASTING / CHARACTERS
CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE SET
MAKEUP
CAMERA
PRODUCTS / THE BOTTLE
THE SMELL / FLORA AND FAUNA
SCREENS
FOOD / THE KNIFE
VIGNETTES
THE CORRIDOR / RUNWAY
CHOREOGRAPHY / MOVEMENT
MUSIC / SCORE / BIRTHDAY SONG
THE BAG LADY
EDITING
THE INTERVIEW