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I Am Not You Are Not Me
Synopsis
An old man in the grip of dementia finds himself lost on Hackney’s busy Kingsland Road. Who is he, what is he trying to escape from?
A lyrical journey through a familiar landscape that is at once known and unknown – a palimpsest in which the past is seen as a reflection of the present, in which the memory of a terrible crime is glimpsed in reflections and shadows, hints and muttered phrases.
I Am Not You Are Not Me is an existential detective story written on the glass and concrete of a street that leads from City to cemetery.
About The City Speaks:
Co-produced by BBC Radio 4 and Film London Artists' Moving Image Network, The City Speaks: A Film for Radio, is a multi-faceted portrayal of London created for radio, cinema and television. Artist film-makers were commissioned to collaborate with radio writers to produce a unique portrait of London. Responding to a narrative framework by writer Peter Ackroyd, the artist and writer teams created a film in six sections.
The City Speaks was supported by an Arts Council England Grants for the Arts Award.
A lyrical journey through a familiar landscape that is at once known and unknown – a palimpsest in which the past is seen as a reflection of the present, in which the memory of a terrible crime is glimpsed in reflections and shadows, hints and muttered phrases.
I Am Not You Are Not Me is an existential detective story written on the glass and concrete of a street that leads from City to cemetery.
About The City Speaks:
Co-produced by BBC Radio 4 and Film London Artists' Moving Image Network, The City Speaks: A Film for Radio, is a multi-faceted portrayal of London created for radio, cinema and television. Artist film-makers were commissioned to collaborate with radio writers to produce a unique portrait of London. Responding to a narrative framework by writer Peter Ackroyd, the artist and writer teams created a film in six sections.
The City Speaks was supported by an Arts Council England Grants for the Arts Award.
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Selected Screenings
- Canary Wharf Film Festival, 31 August 2008
- Premiere Screening at BFI Southbank, March 2008
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, March 2008
Project Background
Co-produced by BBC Radio 4 and Film London Artists' Moving Image Network, The City Speaks: A Film for Radio, is a multi-faceted portrayal of London created for radio, cinema and television.
Artist film-makers were commissioned to collaborate with radio writers to produce a unique portrait of London. Responding to a narrative framework by writer Peter Ackroyd, the artist and writer teams created a film in six sections.
Key Information
Film
I Am Not You Are Not Me
Artist
Joe King and Rosie Pedlow
Project
The City Speaks
Year Completed
2007
Duration
13'17"
Screening format
Single screen, Digi Beta SP / DVD Pal
