8 minutes of obsession that'll make you side-eye your own Pinterest boards.
Cinematography
Canvas-like lighting that bleeds between reality and hallucination.
Acting
Lucaci's stare could peel paint off walls.
Director
Mikaël Ivan Roost
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roost shot this as his thesis film at NYU, reportedly destroying three canvases to get the 'paint bleed' effect right. The budget was allegedly $200 and one very patient male model.
Part of a 2010s wave of 'feminist horror shorts' reclaiming the female artist trope from male directors — compare to The Strange Thing About the Johnsons, released same year.
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