Chelsea Girls - |ˈ ch elsē| |gərl|

After the reading the Underground article I was really excited to see Chelsea Girls. I was interested how the DVD version would show the multiple projections and experimental sound design. I was a bit upset to find there was no interplay between the multiple dialogues but after watching a few sections I found it to be effective. The long interviews seemed like a ongoing conversation that i would come in and out of. The second screen served as a kinds of commercial. I never found myself bored with what i was watching and hearing. If i became detached from the interview, I would find myself interested in the visuals on the other side of the screen. The camera work in the screen without sound seemed to be more extreme and visually stimulating than the side with sync sound. I also seemed to compare these interviews to the screen tests. Although there was a lot of camera movement and the subjects were encouraged to talk and engage with the camera, the outcome was somewhat similar. The subjects became awkward and didn't know what to do in front of the camera. On of the subjects even became enraged and lashed out at a woman who seemed to be stealing his lime light. This may have been do to the drugs he shot up earlier in the scene, but i think its interesting that he reacted to extreme. By the end he didn't even know what to say, he wanted to be the focus but once he was alone again, he was at a loss for words, and continued to talk about how he got violent with her almost just to waste time. I found the first interview more visually interesting. I honestly don't even remember what the second screen was showing because i was so engaged with the interview. The man had hard red and blue lights on either side of his face that became very abstracted with the snap zooms and handheld camera movement. This shot would have been interesting enough to stand on its own, unlike the last interview. I think I would find similar trends though the whole film visually and would like to watch the film as a whole.