New film, UNBOUND: Scenes from the Life of Mary Shelley
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston recently held a screening of a new experimental take on the life of Mary Shelley. Here's what the ICA Boston's Website says about the film:
Working with non-actors, the seasons, and the extraordinary architecture and landscapes of Rome, Abigail Child has created the exuberant and visually gorgeous UNBOUND: Scenes from the Life of Mary Shelley. In the shape of imaginary home movies, the film tells the story of the teenage author of Frankenstein and her husband, the romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The result is an experimental feature on writing, free-love, death and memory — a playful mastery of form which pays never-wavering attention to the past’s connection with the present. Music by Zeena Parkins. Filmmaker Abigail Child will be at the screening to take questions.