Scene: a large L-shaped living room/main space of a house. Only one section of the L-shape has light: from an unseen window at the end of the long narrow passage. The action however takes place in the darkened section.
Action: Two nude women (late-20s, one a short-haired redhead) engage in a playful dialogue about classic screen sirens like Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford. The scene cuts back and forth between each woman as they exchange lines with a combination of close-ups, medium shots and long shots. Each cut reveals a change in props: one image has one of the women holding up a large black placard with the words “USA Film” and a US Navy insignia on it, for instance. In the long shots, new items are added to the room, like an empty glided picture frame on an easel with a pink feather boa or dyed peacock feathers with it. Other items are draped in luxurious cloth. There is a general sense of clutter, like a tormented artist’s studio (really, a mental studio).
The dialogue is interrupted by the opening of a door along the shadowed wall near the women. Six Japanese photographers enter with identical medium-format cameras. They immediately take one photograph of the women in unison. A short, hyperactive Japanese woman in large sunglasses announces they are ready to do the shoot.
The two women are now dressed in stockings and garters and, incongruously, colourful men’s briefs. They turn and shake their bottoms at the photographers. The words “__” are emblazoned across the back of the briefs.
