by Douglas Messerli
Karl Lakolak (director) Un Chien dans le puits (A Dog in a Well) / 2005 [13 minutes]
Quite by accident on a Russian site I tuned into the 2005 film of the
theatrical production of Karl Lakolak’s work, Un Chien dans le puits in
which the artist and director has painted his two male nude figures with bright
neon colors, which when light is turned upon them shifts into various colors.
The narrative dance, is one
can describe it as such, is a mix of the Ballet Russes’ Nijinsky ballet of
Debussy’s The Afternoon of a Faun and a sort of fable of Adam and Eve,
in this case two males, credited simply as Tom and David, awakening to discover one another’s bodies.
If this performance is not
narratively profound it is terrible erotic and, more importantly, fascinating
in its artistic brilliance as the two men not only discover themselves but glow
with emotional layers of shifting colors of paint. There is no simple way describe
this film without simply watching it. I’ve posted below a series of some shots
from the film to give you an indication of its power and beauty.
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This is a film you have see in
its full wonder of the transformation of colors and sexuality, a performance
about the male painted body and balletic art.
Los Angeles, March 5, 2025
Reprinted from My Queer Cinema blog (March 2025).
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