Closure of Catharsis
Directed byRouzbeh Rashidi
Written byRouzbeh Rashidi
Produced byRouzbeh Rashidi
StarringJames Devereaux
Release date
  • 11 October 2011 (2011-10-11)[1]
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Ireland
LanguageEnglish

Closure of Catharsis is a British-Irish Experimental film directed by Rouzbeh Rashidi that tells the visual story of a man who sits on a park bench talking to the camera, trying to weave together a thought that won't cohere while commenting on passers-by, his 'guests'... Mysterious images intervene, overturning the serenity of the park-bench monologue.[2][3][4]

Production

Rouzbeh Rashidi made this film with a low budget and total cast and crew of four people including the actors. Intentionally working without a script or any kind of written pre-planning, Rouzbeh Rashidi constructed Closure Of Catharsis around an improvised monologue by actor James Devereaux, which took place on a park bench in Hackney's London Fields. Rashidi did not arrange any kind of rehearsal and gave only the briefest of instructions to the actor; "you're struggling to remember something, something from the past which you have repressed because of its traumatic effect upon you, and the memory can be true or false, or a mixture of both".

The improvisation took place over two hours without any break, and Rashidi did not attempt to direct or shape James' performance in the traditional sense; in fact, Rashidi was not even present for much of the improvisation, instead, he would deliberately wander off for 20 or 30 minutes at a time, allowing James to simply respond to his immediate situation in the park; a couple of unleashed dangerous dogs, a squirrel darting across a branch, a jogger cruising by, some school girls giggling at the camera, all became grist to the improvisational mill. Rashidi's only interjections were as an occasional mysterious off-camera "other", stimulating James by giving him random objects found in the park, such as an old pendant or an empty bottle of vodka. Aside from this however, Rashidi left James to his own devices in front of camera, the only boundary being the frame within which James had been placed, and sometimes not even the frame, as when he stepped outside of it.[5]

Rouzbeh Rashidi was inspired by Remodernist film manifesto in order to make Closure of Catharsis.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Véronique Martin has written a review on Closure of Catharsis". 3 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Closure of Catharsis (2011) - IMDb". IMDb.
  3. ↑ "Closure of Catharsis (Trailer - A Feature Film By Rouzbeh Rashidi - 2011)". Mubi.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Closure of Catharsis (2011)". Mubi.com. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Closure of Catharsis (2011) - IMDb". IMDb.


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