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Asylum

Synopsis

A film about exile and madness, set in a future that shows up the present. A virus has destroyed TV's 'memory files'. Late twentieth century culture has been wiped. A researcher is brought out of retirement to piece together an abandoned project known as The Perimeter Fence whose fragments suggest a bizarre cultural X-File, involving a dubious information broker, working from a Spitalfields basement, who persuades young women to become involved in an image/sound gathering exercise, which is not without danger.

Details

Year
2001
Type of film
Features
Running time
56.08 mins
Format
Betacam Sp
Director
Chris Petit, Iain Sinclair
Producer
Keith Griffiths
Editor
Emma Matthews
Director of Photography
Chris Petit
Sound
Emma Matthews, Bruce Gilbert (Sound Design)
Principal cast
Michael Moorcock, Ed Dorn, Jim Sallis, Marina Warner

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Illuminations Films

Contact: Keith Griffiths
19-20 Rheidol Mews
Rheidol Terrace
London N1 8NU
UK

T 020 7288 8400

griff@illumin.co.uk

Sales Company

Illuminations Films

Contact: Keith Griffiths
19-20 Rheidol Mews
Rheidol Terrace
London N1 8NU
UK

T 020 7288 8400

griff@illumin.co.uk

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