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Director's Statement
YOU DISAPPEAR isn’t a movie in the traditional sense. It is a collage of experiences dealing with the challenges we face as neuro-science forces us to re-think what we are as human beings. If we’re simply biological systems with unreliable brains, being flung through our chaotic and fragmented lives, then none of the traditional tools of storytelling will apply to filmmaking anymore.
For example, the linear causality of Aristotle, character development via Freud’s thoughts on realisation, rigid genres, and the backbone of mainstream cinema; that we are all strong-willed heroes in a meaningful world consisting of obstacles that are only meant to shape us into better people. All of that stuff will be obsolete.
Cinema as a medium is based on the ability of the human brain to piece together fragments into meaningful wholes. YOU DISAPPEAR uses disjointed fragments of fiction, facts, memories and imagination, which will prompt both curiosity and confusion, empathy and emotional detachment. And that’s fine. Our brains are all different; they shape the way we experience the world around us. As such, we want to allow the experiences and narrative connections to form in the mind of each individual moviegoer.
It is probably fair to say that YOU DISAPPEAR is a demanding movie. It demands of its audience that they let go of conventional ideas of what a movie should be and instead view it with no preconceived notions – welcoming YOU DISAPPEAR as a life experience.
Kick back and enjoy the ride.