“I’ll never tell”
Portrait of Jason
Director: Shirley Clarke
This trippy documentary is of Jason Holliday. He lived most of his personal life as a prostitute and a performer. While sipping on drinks and smoking weed and cigarettes he shares his hilarious and depressing past. He tells some stories of when he was a house boy for the rich white ladies who thought he was just ignorant and innocent. He also shares his tales of being on the street, in and out of jail, mental hospitals, as well as his amazing Mae West impressions. His long friend Lee, behind the camera, also provokes Jason as he became more intoxicated and vulnerable to get the deep secrets out of him for the film. This makes him reveal every emotion someone can go through in just a single twelve hour shoot.
I enjoyed the beginning of the film. The stories he told and impressions he performed where hilarious. But as the film went on, you realize you’re watching a single person talk the entire time. As he became more drugged and hard to understand it began to bore me. It seemed it not so much a documentary but a really long interview.
Rating- 3
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