Cornell employs clips from 1931's jungle melodrama East of Borneo – more specifically, clips of its lead actress, Rose Hobart – to disquieting effect. Through Cornell's collage editing, Hobart becomes a singular object of desire and dread, trapped in an exotic paradise.
Rose Hobart
as Woman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Bickford
as Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Noble Johnson
as Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
as Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lupita Tovar
as Woman (archive footage) (uncredited)
