Are you actually an outsider if you’re known for basically being at all the big parties and socialite-y events, in Paris and the U.S.A haunting and moving collection of original narratives that reveals an expatriate's coming-of-age in Paris and the magic she finds in ordinary objects W hen Stephanie LaCava's father transports her and her family to the quaint Parisian suburb of Le Vésinet, everything changes for the young American. Why is she basically naked next to an open flame? That seems like a really bad idea.Ĩ. Are the squiggles in the middle of the video meant to represent the “unbalance” she mentions?Ħ. If the grass was so wet, why didn’t she wear galoshes?ĥ. Is the snake motif cool again in music videos?Ĥ. How exactly does the body manufacture fantasy?ģ. Why would you sneak onto the grounds of a house that is obviously haunted?Ģ. They happened often, because I was so unbalanced: on the best days, I experienced a realism deficiency with an excess of whimsy. Some people’s bodies need to make extra blood cells or insulin for survival mine manufactured fantasy.Īfter watching the video, we’re left with a few questions:ġ.
That morning, as my sneakers grew soggy in the manicured grounds, I stood in front of the grand house, trying to imagine its old owner, the insane and beautiful Marchesa Casati. I thought I saw someone in the window with almond eyes, holding a candle, though the image was only one of many daydreams.
While LaCava sits, an excerpt from her book is read, accompanied by a song by Marlene Dietrich. Produced by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the trailer shows LaCava in an off-the-shoulder, seemingly pantsless outfit, accessorized with a live snake, sitting in a dark room with only a candelabra for light.
To promote her new memoir, An Extraordinary Theory of Objects: A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris, Stephanie LaCava has created a video so seductive, so whimsical, that the world will be bewitched into reading it.
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