The Fetishist (1997)

Presents scenes from the life of William Heirens dubbed the Lipstick Killer Trainor imagines Heirenss private moments through a series of dreamlike vignettes Taking cues from a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 1946 Trainor depicts the juvenile Heirenss pathological obsessions and behavioral abnormalitieshis penchant for stealing womens underwear his compulsion to break into apartments and defecate in them I got interested in a process of rote uncritical tracing where my drawings would get bent out of shape without much attempt to control themI like Sharpie pens because the thick line though unforgiving goes down quickly I can draw lots of pictures quickly I stopped being concerned about their awkwardness These strategies he explained allowed the violent disturbances of Heirenss psyche to be articulated through trembling visual designs a fitting marriage of style and subject Light Industry