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A take-off of a perfume ad featuring supermodel Linda Evangelista about to kiss herself becomes less glamorous and more realistic when the filmmaker kisses an image of herself.

Experimental, 1997   Length: 3 minutes   Director: Sue de Beer Premiere: Sunday, July 5, 1998 11pm, on Thirteen/WNET. (Repeat: Tuesday night, July 7, 1998 12:30am.)

This disturbing double image of de Beer kissing herself is completely unnerving in its open display of desire. Much advertising uses this narcissism -- like the Kenar ad from which de Beer took the idea -- incorporating the allure of twins and doubled beauty to capture an audience's attention. Is it a hidden need we have to find ourselves in our partners, to see ourselves in the world, to even dare to love ourselves openly? Such a literal display of self-absorption is refreshing!
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