Container of (work): 575 Castro Street (Motion picture) Container of (work): Meep meep! (Motion picture) Container of (work): Blue diary (Motion picture) Container of (work): Sometimes (Motion picture)
Notes:
Title from title frame. Full screen Voiceover, Jenni Olson; voiceover cameo, Tony Kushner. Originally released as a motion picture in 2015. Special features: Four short films by Jenni Olson: 575 Castro Street, Meep Meep!, Blue Diary, and Sometimes; Interview with Jenni Olson; Trailer.
Summary:
A cinematic essay set against a contemplative backdrop of 16mm urban California landscapes. The Royal Road offers up intimate reflections on nostalgia, the pursuit of unavailable women, butch identity and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo alongside a primer on Junipero Serra's Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War. Featuring a voiceover cameo by Tony Kushner.
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