Five Inspirations is a series in which we ask directors to share five things that shaped and informed their work.
U.S. Girls is the experimental pop project of Meg Remy; her eighth album, Bless This Mess, was released in February. This Sunday, April 16, MUBI is pleased to present a screening of Dennis Hopper's Out of the Blue curated by Remy, in collaboration with 4AD and the Roxy Cinema in New York. She will appear in person for a program of new music videos and a Q&A.
Below, Remy shares five cinema-inflected inspirations on Bless This Mess.
INSPIRATION #1
Treat Williams as Arnold Friend in Smooth Talk
Commitment to one’s role.
INSPIRATION #2
Jane B. par Agnès V.
Adaptation is evolution.
INSPIRATION #3
The transfer of old VHS tapes found in a box
Retrospection is painful and empowering.
INSPIRATION #4
My Last Sigh: The Autobiography of Luis Buñuel
You have to learn how to live and how to die.
INSPIRATION #5
Rineke Dijkstra’s photography, specifically her portraits of three young mothers
The palette of raw life.