Anne Charlotte Robertson. 1991. United States of America. vo English. 26’
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/hfacollections2/category/super-8/
This is Reel 23 of my Super 8mm opus Five Year Diary. It covers the
period September 1 -December 13, 1982. Within are documented a paranoid
manic nervous breakdown, a description of a mental hospitalisation, and
the subsequent recovery period. Sound is of wild tape of the breakdown,
and a hidden tape-recorded psychiatric session; the second soundtrack is
narration from 1991. Synopsis: Introduction; paranoia about root
vegetables; esoteric sign language; searching for hidden significances;
crush on Tom Baker (“Doctor Who” from BBC Television); my cats Amy and
Buddy; vegetarian cooking; the compost heap; my mother and her house;
driving into Boston; unemployment; television hyper-vigilance; hiding
inside; exorcism with tea and mirror and lamps; too much wine; my friend
the painter Susan Brown; the movie The Turning Point; experiences in a
mental hospital; psychiatric session recording; autumn street and garden
scenes; the mental day-hospital; domestic still-lives; bingeing; self
Gestalt-therapy; school; groceries; winter; my garden; a series of
self-portraits.” (ACR)
