CAT SCRATCH FEVER
Dir. Lisa Duva, 2011.
USA. 73 min.
MONDAY, JUNE 6 – 7:30 PM ** Director in person! **
SATURDAY, JUNE 18 – 10:00 PM ** Director in person! **
THURSDAY, JUNE 23 – 5:00 PM
Lisa Duva’s first film plays like a cyberpunk CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING: a lo-fi panopticon daydream following two best friends as they lose themselves down a self-reflexive online k-hole. CAT SCRATCH FEVER’s effervescent witty weirdness surfaced briefly on the festival circuit in 2012 but demands a rewatch, at the very least for its lead performances (Starsha Gill and Kara Elverson) and its singular Delphic oddness which recalls Věra Chytilová channeling Vonnegut.