27. dokumentART
films & future
Cleverly altering personal 16mm holiday footage, the filmmaker investigates the nature of vanity by experimenting with the medium, finding his own film language in the process. The idyllic images of cheerful faces and beautiful weather are contrasted with a voice-over consisting of snatches of banal conversation that reveal a repetitive, narcissistic self-image. Director Vaarnamo positions ‘the subjective’ as a superordinate social order, thus providing an interesting way of thinking about the power of one’s own ego.