Vaseline (2016)
A Film by Malic Amalya & Nathan Hill
16mm with optical sound
6 minutes
2016
Lying on the table, it was a banner telling the invisible legions of my triumph over the police. I was in a cell. I knew that all night long my tube of vaseline would be exposed to the scorn--the contrary of a Perpetual Adoration--of a group of strong, handsome, husky police men. So strong that if the weakest of them barely squeezed his fingers together, there would shoot forth, first with a slight fart, brief and dirty, a ribbon of gum which would continue to emerge in a ridiculous silence. Nevertheless, I was sure that this puny and most humble object would hold its own against them; by its mere presence it would be able to exasperate all the police in the world; it would draw down upon itself contempt, hatred, white and dumb rages.
Jean Genet, The Thief's Journal (1949)
Caught in a system of confinement, surveillance, and restriction, a leather fag eludes the state by recalling his lover bathed in vaseline.
Written & Directed by………………………….Malic Amalya & Nathan Hill
Cinematographer / Editor……………….....Malic Amalya
Technical Engineer / Original Score…..Nathan Hill
FILM DISTRIBUTION:
COLLECTIF JEUNE CINEMA — Paris, France
FILM SCREENINGS:
PERPETUAL PERVERSION — BLONDE COBRA — The Cinematheque — Vancouver, Canada : 2022
BLONDE COBRA: FESTIVAL FOR QUEER AND EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA — Cologne, Germany: 2021
DIRTY LOOKS — Los Angeles Filmforum — Los Angeles, CA: 2020 (postponed)
COLLECTIF JEUNE CINEMA — L’Etna — Paris, France: 2020
BUTTCOCKS — SchwuZ — Berlin, German: 2019
PERIWINKLE CINEMA — Artist Television Access — San Francisco, CA: 2019
THE CINEMA OF GENDER TRANSGRESSION — Anthology Film Archives — New York, NY: 2018
CARTE BLANCHE — Festival Cinemarges — Bordeaux, France: 2017
BERLIN PORN FILM FESTIVAL — Berlin, Germany: 2017
MILWAUKEE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL — Milwaukee, WI: 2017
MIX NYC —The Dream House — Brooklyn, NY: 2017
SHAPESHIFTERS CINEMA: MALIC AMALYA & NATHAN HILL — The Temescal Art Center — Oakland, CA: 2017
TRANSLATIONS: THE SEATTLE TRANSGENDER FILM FESTIVAL — Northwest Film Forum — Seattle, WA: 2017
WHAT’S YOUR FLAVOR: BACKROOM / DARK ROOM — Le Cirque Électrique — Paris, France: 2016
LIGHT FIELD — The Lab — San Francisco, CA: 2016
ONION CITY EXPERIMENTAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL — Defibrillator Gallery — Chicago, IL: 2016
WHAT’S THE FUCK? FEST*** — Commectif Jeune Cinema — Paris, France: 2016
TWIST: SEATTLE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL — Northwest Film Forum — Seattle, WA: 2016
RADAR PRODUCTIONS: FAILED FILMS — The Command Center — Oakland, CA: 2016
LA UNDERGROUND FILMFORUM — LA FilmForum — Los Angeles, CA: 2016
SAN FRANCISCO TRANSGENDER FILM FESTIVAL — The Roxie — San Francisco, CA: 2016
TRANSLATIONS: THE SEATTLE TRANSGENDER FILM FESTIVAL — Northwest Film Forum — Seattle, WA: 2016