"Like a bad romance movie from the 1950s, Donald and Marlene peddles in sexist stereotypes that quickly reveal their discriminatory shortcomings. Donald might be a knowledgeable fan of experimental ‘structural’ films, or he might just be doing what he’s told. Marlene lacks agency, but she’s doubtful there’s much else going on beneath the surface. A slippage occurs as their argument about the movie being watched bleeds into an acknowledgment of the video that is simultaneously being made. Surfaces beget surfaces, as a subtle implication of audience desire dissipates out of the car windows."
Donald And Marlene (2010)
Other works by Sean Grattan
Sean Grattan
A Man Without A Factory (2008)
Drifting around a mound of dirt at the edge of a property that is not depicted, a man is earnestly engaged with pointlessly industrious gestures.
Sean Grattan
A Woman On A Mission (2008)
A protagonist moves through different phases of isolated, idle behaviour that eventually leads to the creation of a spontaneous, temporary sculpture.
Sean Grattan
A Woman Walking Away From Fate (2008)
Narrative cause is conspicuously absent as a tumultuous breakdown leads to a surprising transformation.
Sean Grattan
Work And Not Work (2008)
A hybrid documentary-fiction film looking at work, labour, and value.