The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011)

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye: Directed by Marie Losier. With Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye Breyer P’Orridge, Big Boy Breyer P’Orridge, Edley Odowd. A documentary on artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and his wife and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the transformations the pair underwent for their Pandrogyne project.

“The story is intense, compelling, and extraordinary. Genesis loves Lady Jaye, and she loves him. Instead of having children, they decide to artificially alter themselves to fuse their identities, essentially mutating into surgically-enhanced twins. She gets rhinoplasty to mimic his nose. He gets breast implants and lip injections to look like her. Though not specifically mentioned, itu0026#39;s inferred that there are lots of drugs on board.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs a lover of performance art, I was excited and curious about the premise and execution of this u0026quot;pandrogynousu0026quot; experiment. Then how did the director make such a bland, slow, and boring movie? Why was there so much concert footage? Seriously, it felt like there was 20 minutes near the end that was just industrial garage-band noise. And since this story is essentially a love story, why are there no interviews with Lady Jaye? I realize that her availability was unexpectedly limited, but thereu0026#39;s lots and lots if footage of her, but never her voice or perspective. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film was disappointing and tedious, and could have been so much more.”