‘Nest of tens’ is comprised of four alternating stories which reveal mundane yet personal methods of control. These systems are derived from intuitive sources. Children and a retarded adult operate control panels made out of paper, lists, monsters and their own bodies. ‘A young boy, home alone, performing a bizarre ritual with a baby; an uneasy, aborted sexual flirtation between a teenage babysitter and an older man; an airport lounge encounter between a businesswoman (played by July) and a young girl. Linked by a lecturer enumerating phobias in a quasi-academic seminar, these three perverse, unnerving scenarios involving children and adults provide authentic glimpses into the queasy strangeness that lies behind the everyday’. New York Video Festival, 2000.
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ACMI Identifier
B1001829
Language
English
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Digital Betacam [NTSC]; Master
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
CD ROM; Documentation