Lady Lazarus

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."

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Duration:

24 minutes

Year:

1992

Director:

Sandra Lahire

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Company:

BFI

Cast:

Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

Crew:

Executive Producer

Editor

Sound Editor

Director of Photography

Additional Camera