You Are Not I (film) explained

You Are Not I is a 1981 American drama film directed by Sara Driver and starring Suzanne Fletcher, Evelyn Smith, Nan Goldin, and Lucy Sante.^[1] The film is based on the 1948 short story of the same name by Paul Bowles.

Summary

Adapted from a Paul Bowles story, a young mentally disturbed woman named Ethel (Flectcher) escapes from the asylum where she is treated until she is mistaken for one of the survivors of a deadly car accident she stumbled upon. Then she is taken to her sister's home.^{[2] [3]}

Production

The film was shot in six days for $12,000 as a thesis film for New York University.^{[1] [4]}

It played widely at international film festivals, but a leak at a New Jersey warehouse destroyed the negative leaving Driver with a battered unprojectable copy. It was thought to have been lost,^[1] until a print was found at the holdings of Bowles.^{[5] [6]}

Rediscovery

It has since been released on the DVD set "Driver X4: The Lost and Found Films of Sara Driver".^[7]

External links

• • Film of Paul Bowles Short Story Rediscovered on The New York Times

Notes and References

1. News: Sleepwalking in Fantasy Worlds Like This One . Dennis Lim . March 16, 2012 . The New York Times.
2. https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/you-are-not-i The New Yorker
3. https://www.criterionchannel.com/you-are-not-i The Criterion Channel
4. https://www.nywift.org/you-are-not-i-1981/ New York Women in Film & Television
5. https://www.filmlinc.org/films/you-are-not-i/ Film at Lincoln Center
6. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/you-are-not-i/ Slant Magazine
7. Web site: Driver X4: The Lost and Found Films of Sara Driver . Amazon .