Shot entirely on Super 8, Lauren Feiring follows in her film Oscillare Alyson Bowles
as she struggles to transition from male to female in the Inland Empire region of
Southern California. Set against an impressionistic backdrop, she encounters Alyson
and her son among remnants of the golden dream. Alyson’s inner landscape is traced
over abandoned fields, fast food parking lots, and the sun-bleached borderlands between
reality and desire. As Alyson guides her son through this desolate landscape, ubiquitous
icons of Southern California serve as a visual metaphor for her internal, eternal
limbo.
FrauenFilmFest. “Fest 2014 - Oscillare,” 2014. https://frauenfilmfest.com/en/movie/oscillare/.
