One of the best (but scary) shorts screened at Tribeca this year was ‘Fire F*cking Fire’ from queer filmmakers Julia Eringer and Rachel Paulson (who also starred in it). Its not a horror tale in the conventional sense but one where the dream of a lifetime quickly turns into a nightmare.
When Ally (Rachel Paulson) wakes up in bed with her one-night-stand from the night before, she cannot wait to go to the bathroom so that she can phone her bestie to share her good fortune. The girl in her bed is none other than her favorite rock star Meg (Calico Cooper, who is Alice Cooper’s daughter ) whom she has lusted after for years. She cannot believe her luck and confides to her friend on the phone that she may be the ‘Miss Right’ she has dreamed and pined after for years. When Meg wakes up and Ally is so completely in awe even when she starts eating raw eggs, she just puts it down to rock star eccentricity.
Its only when Meg is live on instagram telling her multitude of fans that she has new digs and a new girlfriend, is the first hint that this one night stand may be much more than that. It’s soon very obvious that Meg has no intention of moving out, but even worse that she is going to carry on by upending her very neat circumspect life.
No spoilers on how this intriguing and rather compelling drama pans out, but needless to say my own anxiety level shoots out of control. It makes me think back to many (many) years ago when I spotted Freddie Mercury across a crowed gay club in London. He of course didnt see me, but after seeing Fire F-cking Fire I can now convince myself that maybe it was my lucky break
ROGER WALKER-DACK Creator, Editor-in-Chief Miami Beach, FL / Provincetown, MA IG @QUEERGURU Member of G.A.L.E.C.A. (Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association) and NLGJA The Association of LGBT Journalists. and The Online Film Critics Society. Ex Contributing Editor The Gay Uk & Contributor Edge Media Former CEO and Menswear Designer of Roger Dack Ltd in the UK
Labels: 2024, Fire F-cking Fire, Julia Eringer, lesbian, Rachel Laulson, review, short, Tribeca
