Shot using a few rolls of expired Agfa XT-320 16mm film, Party Girl, performed by Chinawoman and directed by Laurence Tarquin von Thomas, is a dark and moody piece that delivers a lingering and profound sense of melancholy. Grainy and fragmented images tell a story of the ‘girl’, played by Jack Soilleux, as she moves throughout the streets of the London, adopting a certain sadness through her sexualized and doleful persona. Speaking of the project, Thomas noted, ‘I wanted the imagery to be heavily suggestive, being influenced by the styling of Wong Kar Wai’s Chung King Express, the grainy look of the pictures Man Ray took of Marcel Duchamp and the decadent tone found in Fassbinder’s Trilogy’.
Party Girl written and performed by Chinawoman
Directed by: Laurence Tarquin von Thomas
Production: [arthur-frank]
Girl: Jack Soilleux
Dancers: Lena Gora, Nikola Vasakova
Alex King and Ping Heathcote
Cinematography: Nicolas Karakatsanis
Production Manager: Annie Jael Kwan
Editing and Grading: Laurence von Thomas
Styling: Asia Apolonia and Emma-Rebbecca Sly
Art Direction: Marie Lanna
Props: India Hamilton
Makeup: Emma-Rebbecca Sly
1st ad: Claire Griffiths
1st ac: Thomas Caselli
2nd ac and Key Grip: Boyd Skinner
Still Photographer: Amandine Paulandré
Runners: Dylan John and Mark Cooper-Jones