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    The Other Side of the Underneath

    Jane ARDEN 1972 UK color 130min DCP
    A feat of feminist filmmaking and highly influential work of experimental cinema. Adapted from stage play A New Communion for Freaks, Prophets and Witches written by Jean ARDEN and performed by her theater troupe Holocaust, her radical feminist horror explores the inners of a woman who is labeled “psychotic.” Fusing insights gained from the anti-psychiatry movement with radical feminist ideology, ARDEN expresses her stance that women are destined to go mad in this society. Following ARDEN’s suicide, the film almost disappeared until 2009, when it was restored by the BFI and finally recognized as a masterpiece.

    Director

    Jane ARDEN

    A ground-breaking British director, actress, singer, playwright and poet. ARDEN began writing for stage and television in the 1950s. In 2009, her films Separation, The Other Side of the Underneath, and Anti-Clock were restored by the BFI. Her literary works are out of print.

    Jane ARDEN

    1979 Anti-Clock  

    1972 The Other Side of the Underneath  

    1968 Separation  

    Screenerwriter: Jane ARDEN

    Producer: Jack BOND, Prue FAULL

    Cinematographer: Jack BOND, Aubrey DEWAR

    Editor: David MINGAY

    Art Direction: Penny SLINGER, Liz DANCIGER

     

    Maryrose Storey
    maryrose@sunrisepictures.co.uk

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