![]() Poser never tries to mislead you about the direction that the film is going and that is one of the things that worked for me. It becomes clear to Kitten that Lennon has a lot of artistic talent that is hiding behind a shy persona and a fear of failure and as she befriends Lennon, those barriers begin to fade away allowing Lennon to share some of her lyrics and songs. She exudes confidence and radiates an energetic presence that makes you want to just be around her and it’s those traits that end up drawing Lennon into her circle. I know that she is supposed to be this way for the story of the film, but Bobbie Kitten is intoxicating. Kitten is the real life frontwoman of Columbus’ dance and electronic duo Damn the Witch Siren and along with her bandmate Z Wolf, who appears in the film exclusively wearing a wolf mask, play versions of their real world personas in the film. At times during Lennon’s band interviews, the film feels like a pitch-black comedy with the absurdity of how bands describe their genre.Īs Lennon makes more connections in the scene, she eventually crosses paths with one of her idols in underground music: Bobbie Kitten. ![]() Poser is full of those archetypal characters, but the film is able to critically examine and poke fun of the very community that it is examining. I’m a film critic and it’s my job to watch new stuff and recommend it to the appropriate audiences. I’m definitely holding up a mirror as I write this because I am not so blind that I can’t see myself in these statements. They’re probably always telling you how they liked a band before they got big and sold out, or that they saw that new film last year when it played the festival circuit. You probably have that one friend in your life that is always on the cutting edge of new music, art, or films. That’s kind of the double-edged sword of being an indie artist, that you might have produced some amazing material, but unless you’re in that scene others probably haven’t heard it. It isn’t until she interviews and records a local poet that you see her start to share her song ideas and downplay the praise that is showered upon her for her lyrical vision, all the while knowing that she has just copied the songs of other bands that she has interviewed and passed them off as her own. Deciding that she will focus on local artists and musicians, she begins to book interviews and build connections with those in the art community.Įarly on, Lennon can be seen writing the poems and lyrics of musicians in her journal, but it isn’t evident yet why she is compiling these pieces when she has already recorded them. ![]() In order to push herself out of her comfort zone, she decides to turn the hobby of recording people into a podcast. ![]() Lennon is a quiet and unassuming person that really doesn’t stand out anywhere that she goes and just sort of blends into the background of all these events. Something about the way that she meticulously curates her collection of voyeuristic media reminds me a lot of the title character of Patrick Kack-Brice’s Creep. She records it all digitally, but to her analog just sounds better, so she then re-records it all onto cassette and catalogs it in her home. While attending indie art shows and concerts at unconventional music venues, she records things from the events that she finds interesting on her phone. Lennon Gates (Sylvie Mix) works a pretty mundane job in the service industry, but her passion lies in the underground art and music scene. Just one step to either side of the spectrum could easily push this film into the same realm as films like Lucky Mckee’s May, or Barbet Schroeder’s classic Single White Female. While it is not an overt horror film, the voyeuristic nature of the main character and the mood that the directing duo creates definitely flirt with the boundaries of psychological horror. In Poser, the debut feature from filmmakers Noah Dixon and Ori Segev, we delve deep into the underground art and music scene of Columbus, Ohio to explore the story of a twenty-something woman who desperately wants to fit in and discovers just how far she will go in order to do so. Finding a sense of belonging is built into the core of human existence.
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