Hanging out w/Natalie Musteata
- kellygiles

- 20 hours ago
- 1 min read

hanging out with Natalie Musteata, cowriter & codirector of the absurdist darkly comic sci-fi short film Two People Exchanging Saliva, which is nominated for the Cesars & The Oscars, for best live action feature short film after last night's Wrap Pro screening of the Oscar Shorts Showcase at the Culver Theater. In her film, violence is not just accepted but normalized, whereas expressions of affection are not just discouraged but punished, and it's leaning into absurdist dark comedy, like she does in her film and I do in my debut memoir Killing Justice, that is essential for us to find hope and healing in dark times like these...https://www.newyorker.com/culture/screening-room/two-people-exchanging-saliva-rewrites-the-slap-in-cinema?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio



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