Wednesday, August 09, 2023

Shirkers

The appeal of this memoirist documentary for me was probably about 40% the early 90s 'alternative' youth culture milieu, 30% the indie and arthouse-film luxuriation (90s and otherwise), 20% the intrigue factor that Singapore holds for me (vague but real) and 10% the actual animating events of the older man who drew these talented, young women into his orbit, saw them produce what by all accounts may have become a genuine landmark in cinema, then disappeared with the raw cuts of the film itself.