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Self Decapitation (2017)
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TitleSelf Decapitation
A film byRouzbeh Rashidi & Maximilian Le Cain
Year2017
Country of productionIreland
GenreExperimental
FormatVarious
LanguageEnglish
Duration65 minutes
ProductionExperimental Film Society
Funding bodiesSelf-funded
Synopsis
Self Decapitation is a Janus-headed self-portrait by Rouzbeh Rashidi and Maximilian Le Cain in which death and desire each take possession of the film in two parts. The ambiguities of inhabiting a human body are conjured by way of film technology in its faults, faulty memories and false promises. There is no escape from its haunting — except perhaps to haunt it in turn…