A bitter metaphor of Monroe as sexual victim. Many stunning effects.
In "Happy Birthday, I'm 40" Walsh unites mythological symbols and experimental film processes in a public comment upon our culture's preoccupation with youth, women as sex symbols, and the recent yearning of women to succeed in a man's world.
Integrates footage from Fritz Lang's 1926 Metropolis with choreographed movements by Jonathan Hollander and his dancers. Constructivist music composed by Varese, Mossolov and Honneger complements and heightens the special effects used in the production.
