She Must Be Seeing Things
Sheila McLaughlin / US, 1988 / 94 min.
Seldom-screened, provocative queer classic based on director Sheila McLaughlin’s own life. Alongside Lizzie Borden and Bette Gordon, the latter was part of a small school of independent queer filmmakers in 1980s New York.
Lesbian lawyer Agatha is house-sitting for her friend Jo in mid-Manhattan in thee 1980s, while the latter is abroad shooting her film. Whilst cleaning the dusty apartment, Agatha finds Jo's old diaries full of the erotic details of her many (male) affairs. Agatha enters a downward spiral of jealousy and sexual obsession.
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Director
Sheila McLaughlin
Production year
1988
Country
US
Original title
She Must Be Seeing Things
Length
94 min.
Language
none
Subtitles
NLD
Format
16mm
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