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Lady Lazarus

70 %|Jan 21, 1992|

A cinematographic response to Sylvia Plath’s Lady Lazarus with Plath’s own readings of her poetry. A carousel of images in windows, an atmosphere of constant metamorphosis; her poetry as cinema. Audo outtakes of Plath reading from "Cut," "Daddy," "Lady Lazarus," "Ariel," "Ouija," as well as excerpts from a 1962 interview. Mixing images of Plath's obsessions (ouija boards, horses, violent self-harm) with photographs of the poet and her work, the film delves deeply into an existence that Plath herself, in a voice-over interview, calls "living on air."

Featured Crew

Sandra Lahire
Editor
Kate Ogborn
Executive Producer
Anna Ksiezopolska
Sound Editor
Sandra Lahire
Director of Photography
Nicola Baldwin
Additional Camera
Sandra Lahire
Director
Gill Henderson
Producer
Robin Sheppard
Assistant Camera

Cast

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Sylvia Plath
Narrator (voice) (archive footage)