Chemical Cut Page #7

Synopsis: A misfit turned L.A. model struggles to define herself in the soul-crushing fashion industry, until a mysterious woman's haunting performance strikes her imagination.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Marjorie Conrad
Production: Recreation Media
  1 nomination.
Year:
2016
83 min
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mean I haven't tried,

but I do want them to understand me.

I don't know.

- So you want people to understand you

and so you're moving to China?

(laughing)

Does that make sense?

- No.

- That's like really extreme.

- Yeah, but.

I wanna make something

that's important to me.

- That pleases you?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, that's like the place to start.

You know, I mean that's

what, that's what I do,

I make art because it's the only thing

that makes me happy.

If I'm not painting or

drawing I'm heartbroken,

you know, and you know

I'm sad most of the time

because I don't painy, you know.

- So you don't think I'll

find something like that

in China?

- No.

I don't.

- Okay.

- So my advice to you is to

find another something else.

Forget China.

Did you want my advice?

- I did.

- Is that why you came in?

- Yeah.

- Okay, well there it is,

now go, I have work to do.

(speaking in a foreign language)

(coughing)

(laughing)

Now imagine that everyday.

Are you impressed?

What's wrong with you?

Irene?

Why are you walking away?

- I don't think I wanna live with you

if I end up moving to China.

- You don't have any other friends.

- Neither do you.

- Why are you being so mean?

Irene don't,

Irene,

Irene,

Irene!

Irene!

Irene!

- That's it,

good, now some here.

Very good, just dump the rest there.

- Just dump it?

- Oh careful, hang on.

- Okay.

- Very good, thank you, good job.

- Nothing is happening for me here,

the gallery initiative is pointless,

my supervisor is a young american c*nt

whose sole purpose in life

is to yell at me all day,

you get all the pollution,

the lack of basic

human courtesy, I need you here now,

why haven't you left yet?

- I'm not moving to China.

I'm making a movie.

- You're wasting time you're

still in your f***ing bubble

your basically ancient.

- I'm writing my script everyday

and saving up with an office job.

- Fine, do whatever you

goddam want Irene, alright?

- Yeah.

- F*** you anyway.

What am I doing.

I'm painting and writing in the language

of just some f***ing delton,

I'm confused, I'm

confused about everything.

- Okay, so you don't wanna get into

mafane in china anymore?

(computer dinging)

(typing)

(cat meowing)

(typing)

- [Arthur] Irene I'm on TV here,

watch me.

(clapping)

(speaking in a foreign language)

I don't understand.

- I'm sorry one second.

- Can you throw this out for me?

- Oh sure.

I'm sorry if you wonder

or have any you know,

general inquiries then

you can just email us

at glass@glasscat.net.

Hi Shawn, yeah it's actually Trace's

but I'm gonna throw I away.

- Can I borrow a blue pen?

- A blue pen, I only have a black pen.

- You need to have blue pens

at your front dest, optiflow fine point,

just take this one.

- Hmm, you're welcome.

Glass call productions?

(exhaling)

(soft upbeat music)

(singing)

(typing)

(audience clapping)

(soft electronic music)

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Marjorie Conrad

Marjorie Conrad (born October 1, 1988) is a French-American filmmaker and model. She is known for placing fourth on America's Next Top Model (Cycle 11), and for her narrative feature film Chemical Cut (2016). more…

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