"Fast Trip, Long Drop" by Gregg Bordowitz

The two aspects that I liked the most about the documentary "Fast Trip, Long Drop" by Gregg Bordowtiz, are its 'handmade effect' and its sarcastic tone, both of them constants in the movie. The camera work and the editing process, do not search for precision but for a sense of reality. Bordowitz's sarcasm is real, sharp, strong and yet bitter (the beginning scene with the anchorman, the fake talk show, etc). The entire documentary is also characterized by a sense of belonging/non belonging; a feeling of forced exclusion and of fake inclusion (quote: "we are all dealing with HIV"). However there is not a 'we' but a 'us' versus 'them'. Our society pretends to be inclusive of everyone and of every problem, but the division that is inherent in our society between I/you we/them, is scarily clear and underlined. (quote: "Only ‘they’ are getting HIV. What do they mean by ‘they’. They mean gay men, Hispanic women, blacks.")