Francois Ozon began his career making short films. First he used a Super8 video and shot silent films using friends and family. He continued making shorts during film school and after graduation until REGARDE LA MER. Even with his impressive output, he makes a feature or two each year, he has returned to the short format. Looking over his short films, it is easy to see that he is working through his technique and thematic interests. From watching his feature films, one can see that these shorts are often the genesis of his ideas that he revisits again and again.
The first is LES DOIGTS DANS LE VENTRE (translated to 'Fingers in the Throat or Belly') made in 1988. A young woman wanders through Paris spending most of her time eating all the junk she can: in a fast-food, out of a tin can and so on. She steals some more food in a supermarket, meets a friend who gently caresses her belly in the street, then goes back home where she makes herself vomit in the toilet. She is then ready for the family dinner. The film touches on the abject, especially Kristeva's comment on food and bodily fluids, as well as showcases Ozon's perverse sense of humor.
Ozon - Les Doigts Dans Le Ventre
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The second, X2000, made ten years later, is more abstract and surreal. A man groggily awakes from an apparently wild New Year's Eve party to find both slumbering party guests and unexpected activity.
Ozon - X2000
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