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The Imploding Self: A Journey Through the Life of Fergus mcLafferty (1995)
Directed by Anna Reeves
Overview
A journey through the life of Fergus McLafferty. Fergus needs a role model. He chooses a fish with four legs - an axolotl. This inbred freak of nature becomes a metaphor for Fergus’ life. The Imploding Self traces Fergus’s emotional turning points as he identifies more and more with is axolotl. A lonely, obsessive child turns into a lonely adult, out of touch of reality. As Fergus’s mind and body decay, a psychological metamorphosis appears to become a physical reality - or has our reality become his?
Length 14 minutes
Actors
Stephen Papps | Adam Hutchings | Mandy McMullin | Kate Miles | Patrick Smith | George Boyle | Jon Brazier | Tricia Phillips | Coco Cambell | Maurice Keene | Wally Parks | Robby Glanfield | Andrew Bamford | Georgina Dansey | Hayden Abercrombie | Ryan Currie | Leah Robertson | Alexandra Mann | Sara Opazo | Ricardo Espinoza | Sergio Opazo | Ivan Romero | Catherine Espinoza | Eduardo Morales | Gina Kwok | Carlos Ponze | Carlos Ponze Jr. | Antonio Cruz