In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who oscillates between feelings of omnipotence and self-doubt. As if a post-human, post-gendered reincarnation of the Fellini character in 8 ½, the director gloats and frets about professional and ethical transgressions. "I know I lied to get ahead," he admits at one point. "I've made up so many different alphabets just to get ahead in my field." The director is fancier now, but the fear nags that he might be "repeating" himself "like a dumb soldier ova and ova and ova and ova." The meta-connection to the artist's own career, while obvious, is also a decoy. All art, at some level, is about the artist. Here, reflexivity is the surface level, providing a decodable veneer that encases something more unsettling and complex. Single-channel and 3-channel versions.
Unfortunately the movie Comma Boat is not yet available on HBO Max.
Production | Cat Krudy | Co-Producer |
Production | Lola Sinreich | Co-Producer |
Production | Alisa Tager | Co-Producer |
Sound | Akeem Smith | Sound Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Murphy Maxwell | Makeup & Hair |
Camera | Anthony Valdez | Camera Operator |
Art | Ryan Trecartin | Production Design |
Production | Lizzie Fitch | Producer |
Crew | Anthony Valdez | Script |
Camera | Sergio Pastor | Camera Operator |
Camera | Lizzie Fitch | Camera Operator |
Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Valdez | Makeup & Hair |
Crew | Peggy Noland | Prop Maker |
Production | Ryan Trecartin | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Lizzie Fitch | Wardrobe Master |
Camera | Lola Sinreich | Camera Operator |
Sound | Kevin Goold | Sound Technical Supervisor |
Art | Nick Rodrigues | Set Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Janiva Ellis | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Dawn Subhasiriwatana | Makeup & Hair |
Sound | Kevin Goold | Sound |
Costume & Make-Up | Murphy Maxwell | Wardrobe Master |
Costume & Make-Up | Ryan Trecartin | Makeup & Hair |
Art | Lizzie Fitch | Production Design |
Camera | Mary Ann Heagerty | Camera Operator |
Costume & Make-Up | Connor Nims | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Becky Brazier | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Seth Bogart | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Ian Isiah | Makeup & Hair |
Camera | M. Blash | Camera Operator |
Costume & Make-Up | Monica Alvarez | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Noland | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Liz Rywelski | Makeup & Hair |
Art | Sean Grattan | Props |
Art | Emily Auble | Props |
Lighting | Tiffany Williams | Electrician |
Lighting | Shareka Calhoun | Electrician |
Crew | James Haworth | Scenic Artist |
Crew | Mikael Pecherkin | Scenic Artist |
Art | Nick Rodrigues | Props |
Lighting | Nate Pointius | Electrician |
Crew | Doug Johnson | Scenic Artist |
Lighting | Sharena Calhoun | Electrician |
Lighting | Thompson Tran | Electrician |
Lighting | Luke Megner | Electrician |
Lighting | Jason Moore | Electrician |
Crew | Kristen Burton | Scenic Artist |
Crew | Kevin Valentine | Scenic Artist |
Art | Sergio Pastor | Props |
Art | Jeremiah Thies | Props |
Lighting | Christopher Roller | Electrician |
Crew | Jeremy Crabtree | Scenic Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Sweet P. Vaughn | Makeup & Hair |
Lighting | Steven Snider | Electrician |
Costume & Make-Up | Ryan Trecartin | Wardrobe Master |
Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Cardenas | Makeup & Hair |
Crew | Lizzie Fitch | Script |
Art | Jeremiah Thies | Set Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Kaci Grinder | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Gina Ribisi | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Emily Rae Blackmun | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Carlota Gonzolez | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Erica Uribe | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Lizzie Fitch | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Raul Lopez | Makeup & Hair |
Lighting | Dea Lazo | Electrician |
Crew | Rangel Mata | Scenic Artist |
Art | Anthony Valdez | Props |
Production | Kent Sparling | Consulting Accountant |
Crew | Satoshi Imagawa | Scenic Artist |
Sound | Daniel Aged | Musician |
Sound | Nathan Whipple | Musician |
Crew | Victor Balogh | Scenic Artist |
Production | Libby Dosart | Accountant |
Editing | Lizzie Fitch | Editorial Production Assistant |
Sound | Ian Isiah | Sound Designer |
Editing | Anthony Valdez | Assistant Editor |
Editing | Ryan Trecartin | Editor |
Production | Mary Pat Bentel | Consulting Accountant |
Sound | Andrew Aged | Musician |
Crew | Wendy Templeton | Scenic Artist |
Production | Heather Carson | Consulting Accountant |
Editing | Sergio Pastor | Assistant Editor |
Crew | Jose Garcia | Scenic Artist |
Production | Gina Kwon | Consulting Accountant |
Sound | Ryan Trecartin | Sound Designer |
Crew | Mireya Lucio | Craft Service |
Sound | Telfar Clemens | Sound Designer |
Crew | Fernando Díaz | Scenic Artist |
Production | Amy Davila | Accountant |
Sound | Lizzie Fitch | Sound Designer |
Writing | Ryan Trecartin | Writer |
Editing | Lola Sinreich | Assistant Editor |
Directing | Ryan Trecartin | Director |