Puce Moment

Originating from the unfinished short Puce Women, this film opens with a tracking shot of 1920s-style flapper gowns being drawn from a dress rack. The garments are removed and perform a dance off the rack to the accompanying music. The original soundtrack featured Verdi opera; in the 1960s, Anger reissued the film with a new psychedelic folk-rock score performed by Jonathan Halper. A long-lashed woman, Yvonne Marquis, dresses in the purple puce gown and walks to her vanity to apply perfume. She lies on a chaise longue which then begins to move around the room and eventually out to a patio. Borzois appear and she prepares to take them for a walk.