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Two Times (1968, Fr.) (aka Deux
Fois, or Twice Upon a Time)
In pioneering feminist director Jackie Raynal's challenging
and enigmatic experimental film with a series of unrelated episodes
or vignettes:
- the opening in which Raynal served as the announcer
and stated: "Tonight will be the end of meaning”
- the incredible urination sequence in which director
Raynal entered a bare studio room topless and wearing only black
panties and pantyhose, with a man named Oscar below her to her left
crouched and seated on the floor; after some expressions of nervous
pain and looking distraught, she touched her groin (as Oscar obsured
the lens while moving away and making grimacing faces); when the
view of Raynal reappeared, she was squatting on the floor on her
knees - and urinated through her tights to relieve herself
- in a repetitive sequence, Raynal sat behind a table
covered with cameras - she picked up one item, went offscreen, returned
with it, then picked up another item and again moved away; after
returning the second time, she picked up a mirror and reflected light
by flashing it toward the lens of the filming camera
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