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“… a compelling exercise that deliberately blurs the lines between documentary and fiction. Artfully constructing and thought provoking” 2010-10-14 – Leslie Felperin – Variety
“Turner prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing has worked in video art before, but with Self Made makes an intriguing feature debut with a film that treads a precarious line between art, documentary and fiction” 2010-10-15 – Mark Adams – Screen Daily
“Michael Moore and a few others have made the leap into ‘reality cinema’ but nobody has taken it as far as Wearing has” 2010-09-29 – Matilda Battersby – The Independent
“Documentary segues into drama, and the film is a lucid, concise précis of a project of great emotional intensity. Four Stars” 2010-09-27 – Dave Calhoun – Time Out Film Online 2010
“‘Self Made’ is fascinating for its faith in the viscerally transformative force of these performances.” 2011-02-16 – The Village Voice
“Emotions are unleashed, and unexpected empathy evoked” 2011-02-25 – The Wall Street Journal
“Self Made, a personal favorite of programmer {Of SXSW} Jim Kolmar for the way it uses method acting as a tool for self-examination” 2011-02-28 – Real Screen
“Self Made is a work of real originality” 2010-10-07 – Wendy Ide – The Times
“…the audience sees more naked emotion than a decade of Big Brother has managed to capture” 2010-09-30 – Entertainment News
“This film is mesmerising from the second it starts to the moment it ends and stays with you hours after leaving it” 2010-10-05 – Little white lies blog
Screenings: “I recommend . . . Gillian Wearing’s ‘Self-Made’ is the artist’s first feature. It’s a captivating mic of doc and drama, and a moving record of a unique project” 2011-01-14 – Time Out
“Fascinating and powerful documentary… Hard-hitting and brilliant.” 2010-10-10 – E-Film Blog
“Raw and often painful to watch.” Sight And Sound
“It’s a raw and emotionally powerful film” 2011-02-17 – Filmmaker
“I found myself having a weep too.” 2010-12-10 – run-riot
INTERVIEWS and ARTICLESNew Scene – Gillian Wearing and the Chapman brothers are part of a growing number of artists crossing over to film making, blurring the boundaries of their work. Talking Point – Harper’s Bazzar
CALLING THE SHOTS – Are the video artists of the 1990’s leading the way in experimental cinema? October 2010 – Laura Allsop – Art Review (pp.68-70)
Reality Cast – Turner prizewinner Gillian Wearing bounces ideas off director Duane Hopkins for her first feature film. Sarah Fakray – Dazed And Confused Magazine
An interview with Gillian Wearing 2011-03-06 – Birds Eye View News
The Truth of the Matter: Curator Dishes About MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight 2011-02-15 – New York Press
“This Much I Know” 2010-09-12 – The Guardian – The Observer |