Vault
Synopsis
In this tour-de-force of stylized deconstruction, the Yonemotos rewrite a traditional narrative of desire — boy meets girl, boy loses girl. Employing the hyperbolic, melodramatic syntax of Hollywood movies and commercial TV, they decode the Freudian symbology and manipulative tactics that underlie media representations of romantic love, and expose the power of this media “reality” to construct personal fictions. Using the psychoanalytic language of advertising, cinematic and television texts to tell the love story of a pole vaulter/concert cellist and a cowboy/Abstract Expressionist painter, they rupture the narrative with psychosexual metaphors and references to pop media and art. Self-conscious strategies such as overtly Freudian symbols, flashback reconstructions of childhood traumas, Wagnerian orchestration and loaded cliches are wielded with deft irony.
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June 12, 1984
Wide Cinema Exhibition
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Bruce Yonemoto, Norman Yonemoto
- Screenplay & Story
- Norman Yonemoto, Bruce Yonemoto
- Original Title
- Vault
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 12m
- Production Studios
- KYO-DAI
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Bruce Yonemoto, Norman Yonemoto
Norman Yonemoto, Bruce Yonemoto
Nikolai Ursin
Bruce Yonemoto
Department Leadership Roster
Norman Yonemoto
Writer
Bruce Yonemoto
Producer
Nikolai Ursin
Director of Photography
Bruce Yonemoto
Writer
Bruce Yonemoto
Director
Norman Yonemoto
Director
Production Stills & Gallery
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What is Vault about?
In this tour-de-force of stylized deconstruction, the Yonemotos rewrite a traditional narrative of desire — boy meets girl, boy loses girl. Employing the hyperbolic, melodramatic syntax of Hollywood movies and commercial TV, they decode the Freudian symbology and manipulative tactics that underlie media representations of romantic love, and expose the power of this media “reality” to construct personal fictions. Using the psychoanalytic language of advertising, cinematic and television texts to tell the love story of a pole vaulter/concert cellist and a cowboy/Abstract Expressionist painter, they rupture the narrative with psychosexual metaphors and references to pop media and art. Self-conscious strategies such as overtly Freudian symbols, flashback reconstructions of childhood traumas, Wagnerian orchestration and loaded cliches are wielded with deft irony.
Who directed Vault?
Vault was directed by Bruce Yonemoto, Norman Yonemoto.
Who stars in Vault?
The principal cast of Vault includes Kim Claybough, Brian Rosewell.
When was Vault released and how long is it?
Vault was released in 1984 with a total runtime of 12m.