Movie Description
Diary of a Sane Man
(1990)Overview
Sara is led by her grandfather through the mise-en-scene of a film being shot in ltaly. The landscape in which they walk is the film's plot, masquerading as a state of mind, Its sub-plot woven in with a selection of Bach's Goldberg Variations. The young girl sights Venus strolling through these landscapes, an ‘agent provocateur’ from the country of myth. A filmmaker, In whose imagination this plot is unraveling, approaches a group of producers to fund his film "Aphrodite". The film begins to shift back and forth between archaic and modern notions of myth, highlighting the distinctions between myth and story and the relationships between history and biography.
Featured Crew
- Director : Gad Hollander
- Cast : Micha Bergese,Julia Langley,Sara Donadoni,Charles Shuts,Gad Hollander,Monty Ray Garrison,Raffaella Monti,Antonio Celiento,Carla Fioravanti,David L Hirst,Ian Hinchliffe,Lol Coxhill,Paul Lawrence Davies,Tony Green,Gerry Fitzgerald,Angela Abelini & Baby,Marina Chiarelotto,Marta Donati,Marta & Alice Mottura,Ali,Palmiero Pisani,Christopher Duke,Graham Gussin,Sotheby,Adi Hollander,Gavriel Hollander,Noam Hollander,Mimi Hollander
Cast
The Sane Man
Antonin Artaud
grandchild
grandfather
film-maker
poet
Venus/Aphrodite
Adonis
Fortune Teller
farmer's voice
studio chef
fat producer
thin producer
producer with hat
second fat producer
motionless women
motionless women
motionless women
moving children
1st. tractor driver
2nd. tractor driver
bike rider
(god)
dog
home-movie stars
home-movie stars
home-movie stars
home-movie stars
Facts
Original TitleDiary of a Sane Man
Status Released
Release Information
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1990-02-09
Original Language
Runtime 01h 25m