Jane Schoenbrun and Kati Kelli’s widower Jordan Wippell assemble some of You Tuber Kati Kelli’s You Tube programs in a tribute to an artist who died much too soon.
Kelli was a youtuber who put together YouTube shows all by herself in her childhood home and later in her apartment. These were ow fi affairs where Kelli talked to the camera, dressed up performed skits and did whatever came to mind. She was a talented young woman who created because she had to.
The pieces we see are very much of a type. They are very well done bits of the sort you see all over the various social media platforms where people talk to the camera. Some bits are better than others, as is typical with any sort of collection. What I liked is that over the course of film is you see Kelli grow as a filmmaker.
The heartbreaking bit is that this collection ends with Kelli’s short film TOTAL BODY REMOVAL a creepy but funny short that she finished days before she died of an asthma attack. It’s a film that shows her growing as an artist. It makes you wonder what she might have achieved had she been able to do more films.
I liked this film, which considering I’m not a fan of the talk to camera sort of thing is saying a great deal. Kelli was a hell of an artist and it’s clear she had talent.
Recommended.
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