A night with Michael
A hotel window swings open, and an arm appears—then a pillow is hurled into the night. Below, a frenzy—groupies rip the fabric apart, each desperate for a fragment. A young woman holds up a wrinkled feather to the camera, recalling how the pillow smelled sweet and felt warm. One cushion, somehow still intact, bears a message in black marker: “The sunshine is poison for my skin, please understand, I love you all.”
This short film trails a devoted circle of fans through a single night, gathered beneath the hotel window of King of Pop.
Film / documentary / s8mm film/ 7 min/
Camera: Stijn van Santen / Music composer: Jeroen Goeijers / Thanks to: Bobbie Films & Magda Augusteijn
Rooftop festival New York 2009/ Schieblok International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011/ Portobello film festival Londen 2009 / Caught in the spotlight” exhibition Alameda, CA 2009/ Golden Olive Award International Bunker Festival 2002, Italy.