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Directed by Sarah Jacobson | 122 minutes | 15+ | Special Presentation |
1:45pm Sunday, 17 May | Brunswick Picture House | Buy Tickets | Buy Passes
Sarah Jacobson's fiercely independent debut about sleeping with your cinema co-workers is the Clerks you wish you'd grown up with. Screening with her defiant Valerie Solanas riff!
Co-Presented by Melbourne Women in Film Festival
The sole feature film by Sarah Jacobson—immortalised as the “Queen of Underground Cinema"—<i>Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore</i> is a vibrant and vital antidote to every phony Hollywood teen picture. Praised by John Waters and Roger Ebert upon its release, the film brings a lo-fi realness to the coming-of-age genre, mostly taking place in a repertory movie theater. First job, first time, crushes, friendships, fitting in and figuring it out—all are handled with utter honesty.
The feature will be accompanied by Jacobson's 25-minute short <i>I Was a Teenage Serial Killer</i>. Like <i>Slacker</i> meets Valerie Solanas, the film depicts a 19-year old woman who responds to catcalls, condescension and bad sex in the only way she knows how—murder.
SIMILAR: Lady Bird, Dazed and Confused, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ghost World, Clerks
"pure joy encapsulated" - Ivy Wolk, Letterboxd
"Adolescence can be hell, but these films remind us that there is still hope for everyone coming of age in a scary, sexist, cynical world—we can survive." - Katie Duggan, Film Daze
Country: United States
Year: 1998 + 1993
Language: English