(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)

(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.) — Plot

Trecartin describes (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.) as a "narrative video short that takes place inside and outside of an e-mail." Trecartin's intense visualization of electronic communication is inhabited by a cast of stylized characters: Pam, a lesbian librarian with a screaming baby in an ultra-modern hotel room; Tammy and Beth, who live in an apartment filled with installation art; and Tommy, who is seen in a secluded lake house in the woods. Pam, Tommy and Tammy are all played by Trecartin, who, wearing his signature make-up, jumps back and forth between male and female roles. Totally self-absorbed and equipped with vestigial attention spans, the characters are constantly communicating with one another on the phone or online.

• Release date
• July 19, 2006
• Runtime
• 7 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Ryan Trecartin

(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.) — Cast

Lizzie Fitch Beth and Bolivia Ryan Trecartin Tammy 1/Tammy 2/Tommy Chat/High-Low Tommy Video Voice

T

Taya Kaschnick Catherine Pimples and OMG 1

P

Penelope Wright Penny-O

B

Barkev G. OMG record me Dude Rhett LaRue Cheeta

J

Junior Greenberg The Cat

L

Lexar Soft Picture Boy