Ryan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions. Starring Trecartin’s family and friends, and the artist himself in a plethora of outrageous roles, A Family Finds Entertainment chronicles the story of mixed up teenager Skippy and his adventures in ‘coming out’. In this over the top celebration of queerness, Trecartin’s film mines the bizarre and endearing in an unabashed pastiche of ‘bad tv’ tropes. Cheesy video special effects, dress-up chess costumes, desperate scripts, and ‘after school special’ melodrama combine in the fluency of youth-culture lingo, reflecting a generation both damaged and affirmed by media consumption.
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Ryan Trecartin, Lizzie Fitch, Alison Powell, Lindsay Beebe, Annette K. Bonin, Muffy Brandt
Crew: Lizzie Fitch (Set Decoration), Kelly Pittinger (Set Decoration), Ryan Trecartin (Editor), Lindsay Beebe (Set Decoration), Ryan Trecartin (Cinematography), Liz Hostetler (Camera Operator)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: XPPL, Electronic Arts Intermix
Runtime: 42 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 12, 2005
IMDb: 4.8
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