Jesper Just: The Lonely Villa

Communication often takes place in music rather than dialogue in Just’s films. In The Lonely Villa, the main protagonists converse by singing to each other over the telephone, with the lyrics indirectly hinting at the emotions unfolding between them.

Just’s films are packed with allusions to film and literature, and he often uses the narrative language of classic Hollywood productions to portray relationships, although the cryptic contextual transitions leave us to draw our own conclusions about the meaning of the narrative. Just’s oeuvre also reflects his interest in performative and spatial elements.

Danish-born Jesper Just graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and is based in New York.