[3 minute excerpt] Mercedes, Here Lies the Heart (16mm film, color, sound 35 minutes, 2002). Inspired by the hyperbolic prose of notorious celebrity fetishist, Mercedes de Acosta, this film poses questions about truth, identity, and desire. "At once an insightful deconstruction of stardom and biography, and a wry camp appreciation of their value, Mercedes, Here Lies the Heart is witty, artful, and original." --Steven Cohan, author of Masked Men: Masculinity and the Movies in the Fifties (1997) and Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value, and the MGM Musical (2005). |