These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves
Synopsis
Michelle Handelman’s new work, THESE UNRULY AND UNGOVERNABLE SELVES (2020), recontextualizes characters from her previous works into a hypnotic visual essay about the transfiguring of interiority during periods of isolation and fear. It takes as its starting point the current coronavirus pandemic and filters it through theorist Jill Casid’s writings on the necrocene, and Walter Benjamin's writings on identifying the difference between threshold and boundaries. Handelman's characters, who each have already struggled with existential questions of belonging and fear in her projects DORIAN, A CINEMATIC PERFUME (2009/11); IRMA VEP, THE LAST BREATH (2013/15); and HUSTLERS & EMPIRES (2018), are juxtaposed with found images and texts sourced during the pandemic to take on a new form that both denies and struggles with containment.
Release History & Theatrical Window
May 28, 2020
Wide Cinema Exhibition
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Michelle Handelman
- Original Title
- These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 6m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Michelle Handelman
Department Leadership Roster
Michelle Handelman
Director
Production Stills & Gallery
Official cinematic photography and background stills for These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves.
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What is These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves about?
Michelle Handelman’s new work, THESE UNRULY AND UNGOVERNABLE SELVES (2020), recontextualizes characters from her previous works into a hypnotic visual essay about the transfiguring of interiority during periods of isolation and fear. It takes as its starting point the current coronavirus pandemic and filters it through theorist Jill Casid’s writings on the necrocene, and Walter Benjamin's writings on identifying the difference between threshold and boundaries. Handelman's characters, who each have already struggled with existential questions of belonging and fear in her projects DORIAN, A CINEMATIC PERFUME (2009/11); IRMA VEP, THE LAST BREATH (2013/15); and HUSTLERS & EMPIRES (2018), are juxtaposed with found images and texts sourced during the pandemic to take on a new form that both denies and struggles with containment.
Who directed These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves?
These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves was directed by Michelle Handelman.
Who stars in These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves?
The principal cast of These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves includes Not specified.
When was These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves released and how long is it?
These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves was released in 2020 with a total runtime of 6m.