![]() ![]() It became a feature when it went longer than I thought, as I guess it does sometimes. Once I started filming, it was definitely going to be for a documentary film, but I initially thought it was going to be for a short film. So that first accidental recording that sparked the idea.ĭid you start casually filming your time with James or did you have a pretty good idea about the form this would take? It was a painful argument at the time, but after some time had passed, I was listening back to that recording, and it seemed like material that could be funny and entertaining and perhaps relatable to others that would allow others to think about their own relationships. He was wearing a wireless lav and we went outside, but his friends in the juice bar turned on the camera to record their band. I was filming the open mic night for James, the boyfriend in the film, as a favor for him and I accidentally recorded an argument that we had. How did “I Hate Myself :)” come about in the first place? They’re both personal and have female characters expressing sexuality in unconventional ways and the humor comes from uncomfortably candid moments, so I think it will be interesting to show them together. I’ve never actually sat through a screening for both films back to back, and the films are connected to each other. I would’ve definitely liked to have released “I Hate Myself :)” sooner, but I’m excited for people to see both films now. It’s funny because “Bad at Dancing” was more successful at festivals and that’s what made this theatrical release for both films possible. Short of the Week is having the online premiere of “Bad at Dancing,” so that led me to see if a theatrical release would be possible for “I Hate Myself :)” It just seemed like a good opportunity to release the two films online and theatrically together. How did this run at the Anthology come about? On the eve of the New York premiere of Arnow’s work after circulating on the festival circuit the last few years, the filmmaker spoke about the inspiration for both projects, the ups and downs of being in charge of presenting your own story on screen and what she’s up to next. Both films are sexually explicit, but are far more bracing for their keen observations of the compromises we make personally to accommodate others, often resulting in some deeply dark chuckles along the way. A passive girlfriend in the real-life “I Hate Myself :),” she positions herself as the third wheel in the stylish “Bad at Dancing,” her place as the friend of “See You Next Tuesday” star Eleanore Pienta being the most grey part of the black-and-white comedy when Pienta and her new boyfriend’s (Keith Poulson) inability to leave their bedroom has taken its toll on the bond between the women. Who wrote i hate myself for loving you skin#While “I Hate Myself :)” serves as Arnow’s bold declaration of the woman she’s become, the films taken together announce a distinctive, self-aware and mischevous filmmaker who may inhabit the role onscreen of someone uncomfortable in her own skin and around others yet fearlessly throws herself into her work out of a desire to understand the way certain relationships work. One will be able to see this evolution at the Anthology Film Archives this week, where Arnow is presenting both her feature doc debut “I Hate Myself:)” and her narrative short debut “Bad at Dancing,” soon to be followed by an online release for both. Presenting herself at first as a moth to the flame of James, whose ability to toss off sparks is indicative of a potential to explode, Arnow gradually emerges as the star of her own film, taking stock of some self-defeating impulses and growing into her burgeoning sexuality. They don’t know what exactly they’re being filmed for, and as it happened at the time, neither did Arnow necessarily, probably envisioning herself as similarly tertiary in cinematically recounting her relationship to James, who recites poetry at open mic nights and throws out statements like “Obama should be assassinated” just to see what the response will be like. “The film isn’t about you, you’re secondary characters…” Joanna Arnow tells her parents in the opening scene of “I Hate Myself :).” This isn’t meant as a slight, but rather seemingly a reassurance that they won’t bear the weight of whatever she’s working on. ![]()
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