Herostratus
AroView: A young poet hires a marketing company to turn his rooftop suicide into a mass-media stunt but soon finds his subversive intentions are quickly assimilated in this bold artefact of late sixties counter-culture experimentalism.
Through improvised, ‘intuitive’ acting and radical editing choices, director Don Levy aims for emotional impact over narrative convention with carnal scenes of disgust and desire stirred in to what is an unashamedly art-school critique of consumerism. A young Helen Mirren appears in her first credited film role.
Director
Language
English
Subtitles
English
Country
UK
Studio
BFI
