Catalogue

Catalogue

Daba Berman Duff

US
2014
Feature Film
6’
The Film All-Nighter

Catalogue shows pictures of furniture and objects in a catalogue, namely, designer items that would be the pride of any living room. The camera gazes at page after page of objects, each one exquisite and exquisitely photographed. What we do not know: the items are cheap imitations of desirable originals.
With her film shot in 16 mm, Dana Berman Duff sets out to question how long it takes to look at objects of desire and to arouse desire. Since she as director has control over the various parameters, the medium of film helps her find an answer here.

Director / Script / Cinematography / Editing / Contact

Dana Berman Duff

Daba Berman Duff

Dana Berman Duff studied sculpture and film at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. Her film and video work and sculptures have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, for example, and at the Toronto International Film Festival. Ms Duff is professor of art at the Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles. She lives and works in New York, Los Angeles and Mexico.


Films by Dana Berman Duff
Disaster Model 2013 | The Gringas 2013 | Word Upside Down 2012 | Mishap 2011 | Come Back 2004 | Some Things about Water 2004 | Bomb Girls 2004