Chocolate Cake (Original)
Film Identifier: F.2011-01-0166
Part Of: Subseries I: Films
Run Time
0h 3m 41s
0h 3m 41s
Format
8mm
8mm
Color
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Silent
Date Produced
circa 1973
circa 1973
Abstract
The film was made in response to an evening during which a number of male members of Chicago's experimental film scene gathered at JoAnn's house and proceeded to ignore both her and the chocolate cake she made for the occasion. The film consists of a series of shots documenting the making of a chocolate cake, followed by a shot of JoAnn's sandaled foot stepping in the middle of the cake. When JoAnn screened the film in homes or loft spaces in Chicago, she would always serve chocolate cake as an accompaniment. Date of production unknown.
The film was made in response to an evening during which a number of male members of Chicago's experimental film scene gathered at JoAnn's house and proceeded to ignore both her and the chocolate cake she made for the occasion. The film consists of a series of shots documenting the making of a chocolate cake, followed by a shot of JoAnn's sandaled foot stepping in the middle of the cake. When JoAnn screened the film in homes or loft spaces in Chicago, she would always serve chocolate cake as an accompaniment. Date of production unknown.
Main Credits
Elam, JoAnn (is filmmaker)
Genre
Form
Related Place
Chicago (production location of)