Project Detail

All Divided Selves

Synopsis

Luke Fowler’s collage film about R.D. Laing, who spearheaded the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s, weaves archival material with his own filmic observations. For Laing normality meant adjusting ourselves to the mystification of an alienating world.

Details

Year: 2012
Type of film: Features
Running time: 93 mins
Director: Luke Fowler
Producer: Luke Fowler
Editor: Luke Fowler
Screenwriter: Luke Fowler
Director of Photography: Luke Fowler
Music: Jean-Luc Guionnet, Alasdair Roberts

Genre

Scottish

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd

Gisela Capitain Gallery

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