The Man Who Envied Women

THE MAN WHO ENVIED WOMEN chronicles the life of a philosophy professor after his separation from his artist wife. The images are underscored by the voice of his wife, her inner monologue. The speech acts are taken from texts found in film and everyday culture, from poststructuralist, psychoanalytic, and feminist theory. Aside from the theme of the failed (heterosexual) relationship, further fields of conflict are explored – the housing shortage and gentrification in New York during the 1980s, abortion rights, the US’ violent interventions in Latin America. A never-ending collage made up of contradictory levels of meaning results in the production of ever new contexts. (Charlotte John)