25 minutos
Adapted from an obscure Guy de Maupassant novella, lifted from a paperback bought by Meaney as an undergrad for 99 cents. What’s evident is Horn’s fascination for squared-off blocking and choreography, including a glimpse at a performance of Orpheus and Eurydice in minature. Star Adam Macadam brought on other members of Charles Ludlam’s Ridiculous Theater Company, many of whom would return to work on DOOMED LOVE. Featuring ancient costumes on loan from the Metropolitan Opera (repurposed from early twentieth century productions of Tosca and La Traviata), ELAINE aspires to high gothic on a shoestring budget. Horn and Meaney shot at locations including the Morris-Jumel Mansion in Washington Heights, the Frick, and the Carnegie Hall Cinema, then operated by Sid Geffen and Jackie Raynal – the programmers responsible for hosting the first-ever New York City screenings of films by Marguerite Duras, an influence on the filmmakers (alongside Daniel Schmid, Douglas Sirk and Alain Resnais.)
Adam Macadam
Maupassant
Black-Eyed Susan
Elaine
Brien Coleman
Dore Monserrat
Lisa Jane Persky
Felicie
Lola Pashalinski
Baroness Peterat
Rene Machado
Orpheus
Duncan Hannah
Julien
Ethyl Eichelberger
Ghost
Bill Gehr
Voice of Ghost
Jack Mallory
Secretary
Georg Osterman
Young Man
Richard Gibbs
Doctor
Kitty Sandern
Young Lady
Cynthia Millman
Eurydice
