Short film
Curious Fantasies
2020 · 8 min
A cool, essayistic collage that turns glossy perfume ads into an uneasy meditation on desire and empty promises.
- Directed by
- Jesse McLean
- Overview
- The language and imagery related to celebrity perfumes are a starting point to think about consumer desires and the corruptness of branding. As if a song and a scent would give the consumer everything. A primary focus of Jesse McLean's videos is the power and the failure of the mediated experience to bring people together.
- How it feels
- Satirical, cynical and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Media, celebrity, greed, identity
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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