VERVE, DEAR

2022
TRT 4:03, digital video
experimental film by Leah Loftin
original music by Nathan Halpern

Amidst a climate of global threats, a mother turns towards more celestial concerns. Incorporating mid-century archival footage, texts, and imagery, Verve, Dear is a look at the obsessions and psychological impulses that arise when faced with existential dread. Inspired by the mothers of Instagram.

Featuring an excerpt from the 1955 sci-fi short story The Big Leap by Charles E. Fritch and the recipe “Perfection Salad”, Better Homes & Gardens (1950).