June 2026
The Little Free Cinema
Bruce LaBruce
The Bad Breast; or, The Strange Case of Theda Lange, 2009, digital, 20 minutes
The
Bad Breast; or, The Strange Case of Theda Lange" was a theatre project I
developed and directed at the end of 2009 and which was performed in
Berlin and Vienna. It was inspired by the life and theoretical writings
of Melanie Klein, one of the psychoanalytic thinkers who interpreted
Freud's work after his death (the other main figure was Freud's
daughter, Anna Freud, who was Klein's arch-rival). The Bad Breast
starred the two co-stars of my movie "Otto; or, Up with Dead People",
Susanne Sachsse, as a neurotic, nymphomaniacal stage actress who is
sexually fixated on her own son, and Katharina Klewinghaus, who plays
her repressed Kleinian psychoanalyst. The piece also featured Vaginal
Davis and Nando Messias, among other awesome performance artists. For
all the scenes that took place outdoors, I used video footage shot with
the Digital Harinezumi camera, a tiny Japanese toy camera that makes
footage that looks like super 8.The Little Free Cinema
Bruce LaBruce
The Bad Breast; or, The Strange Case of Theda Lange, 2009, digital, 20 minutes
Bruce LaBruce is a filmmaker, photographer, writer, and artist based in Toronto working internationally. Along with numerous short films, he has written and directed fifteen feature films, including “The Visitor” which was made in conjunction with A/political. He has also published ten books, including “The Revolution Is My Boyfriend” from Baron Books.
Two colour risograph, edition of 50