You Are Not I (film)

You Are Not I is a 1981 American drama film directed by Sara Driver and starring Suzanne Fletcher, Evelyn Smith, and Lucy Sante.[1] The film is based on the 1948 short story of the same name by Paul Bowles.

You Are Not I
Directed bySara Driver
Written bySara Driver
Jim Jarmusch
Based on"You Are Not I"
by Paul Bowles[1]
Produced bySara Driver
Jim Jarmusch
StarringSuzanne Fletcher
Evelyn Smith
Lucy Sante
CinematographyJim Jarmusch
Edited bySara Driver
Music byPhil Kline
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
48 minutes[1][2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12,000[1]

Summary

Adapted from a Paul Bowles story, a young mentally disturbed woman named Ethel escapes from the asylum where she is treated until she is mistaken for one of the survivors of a deadly car accident she stumbled upon. Then she is taken to her sister's home.[3][4]

Production

The film was shot in six days for $12,000 as a thesis film for New York University.[1][5]

It played widely at international film festivals, but a leak at a New Jersey warehouse destroyed the negative leaving Driver with a battered unprojectable copy. It was thought to have been lost,[1] until a print was found at the holdings of Bowles.[6][7]

Rediscovery

It has since been released on the DVD set "Driver X4: The Lost and Found Films of Sara Driver".[2]

References
  1. Dennis Lim (March 16, 2012). "Sleepwalking in Fantasy Worlds Like This One". The New York Times.
  2. "Driver X4: The Lost and Found Films of Sara Driver". Amazon.
  3. The New Yorker
  4. The Criterion Channel
  5. New York Women in Film & Television
  6. Film at Lincoln Center
  7. Slant Magazine
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