Country: UK
Year: 1991
Duration: 25'
Lady Lazarus is a visually woven response to Sylvia Plath's own readings of her poetry. These readings plus extracts from an interview given just before her death provide an anchor for a film which celebrates her macabre humour and cinematic vision. A carousel of images in windows, an atmosphere of constant metamorphosis, her poetry as cinema.
«Sylvia introduced her Lady Lazarus reading by saying 'The speaker is a woman who has a great and terrible gift of being reborn. The only trouble is, she has to die first. She is the Phoenix… She is also just a good, plain, very resourceful woman'. In this film, my Lady Lazarus is a woman drawn irresistibly towards Plath's voice. She becomes a medium for Sylvia, as in a séance, as the film travels between Massachusetts and Camden. I am currently seeking to develop a gothic erotic script set in 1950s Massachusetts." (Sandra Lahire)
Biography
film director
Sandra Lahire
Sandra Lahire studied film at St. Martins School of Art and The Royal College of Art (Environmental Media). She has had films in touring packages which includes A World's Waste: Nuclear Power Industry and Cancer. Her films have been shown at Montreal, Creteil, Berlin, Philippines and Australian Festivals.
Cast
& Credits
Director, screenplay and editor: Sandra Lahire.
Director of photography: Sandra Lahire, Nicola Baldwin.
Sound: Anna Ksiezopolska.
Production company and Italian distribution: BFI Production, 29 Rathbone Street, London W1P 1AG, tel. 6365587, fax 5809456.
Director of photography: Sandra Lahire, Nicola Baldwin.
Sound: Anna Ksiezopolska.
Production company and Italian distribution: BFI Production, 29 Rathbone Street, London W1P 1AG, tel. 6365587, fax 5809456.