Movie Details
Theatrical Release:June 6th, 1986
Original Language:English
Mayami Between Cut and Action (1986)
DirectorTony Labat
14 minJun 6th, 1986
Plot
Artifice and reality identity and disguise representation and transformation are woven through a powerful pastiche of theatrical performance mass cultural appropriation and fragmented narrative Deconstructing an episode of TVs Miami Vice that features crude representations of Latino drug dealers Labat constructs a multilayered psychological drama of converging realities In a studio the space between cut and action artists Tony Oursler and Winston Tong provide commentary Playing out a tragic drama with dolls Tong also tapes his eyelids down and applies makeup transforming himself from Asian to Caucasian male to female In a final confrontation of identity Tong steps through the enlarged television image devoid of masks or makeup
