i'm reading simone de beauvoir

so there were things i really liked about this video and some things that i really disliked

i really liked her inspiration for this piece and her use of the beauvoir readings. i thought her intertwining of her life and beauvoir's was well done and a really solid way to discuss her understanding of what she was reading. i think it creates an believable entrypoint into the work and a solid dialog through filters she creates in the work: beauvoir's words to beauvoir's life to her words and life. this of course opens a third set of dialogs with what the viewer may bring and understand.

the end where she is making that huge drawing really stands out, especially after the time that has passed. i really liked that part a lot. i liked the idea of her drawing herself in that huge space and that we get to watch her draw and redraw that image. i remember thinking at the time that that segment was the part i wanted to watch again, and wanted to think about in terms of what she was saying and reading.

the problems for me come in some of the images she used and some of the framing. i seem to remember her putting roses in a vase at one point...and it seemed really cheesy...and not in a good way....the domestic scenery seemed a little much and i also remember strongly disliking the way that we transistioned into where she is making the huge drawing. i remember it as passing through a mirror or a picture frame...either way i didn't like it...i thought it was too easy and a bit cliche....honestly i though she had such strong footage that was brought down by the sentimetalized way that she framed a lot of it....the domestic stuff was just overkill in a lot of places.