Puce Moment runs for about six minutes. The first third of this film is of beaded flapper dresses being taken off a rack one by one. The way they move, they seem to be dancing.
The last dress, a slinky, sequined black number shimmies to the front and takes up the screen. Moments later, it reveals a woman with short dark hair. This woman slips on the dress and a pair of heels. She mists herself with perfume and lays on a long couch. The couch migrates, with the woman perched on top, out to the porch, where the woman is met with three dogs. She breathes in the fresh air, soaks up some sunlight and takes the three dogs for a walk.
In terms of the meaning behind Kenneth Anger's short film, it seems to be more of an observant exploration into glamour. The dresses are glamorous, the woman is beautifully made up, the scenery is picturesque and even the dogs look just plain fancy.
By that token, the audio is just as ornate. While the dresses are being taken off the racks, playing is up beat "folk music". From the applying of the perfume onward seems to be a more mellow version of this.
Puce Moment is rife with color and extravagance, in true Anger style. Everything from the dresses and how they move to the scenery surrounding this house is intricately lavish. All together, this film is just nice to look at.
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