A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 18, 2016
Original Title:
The New Man
Alternate Titles:
The Creative Life
Genres:
Comedy | Documentary | Drama
Production Companies:
Met Film Production
Missing in Action Films
Together Films
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 15
Runtime: 75
A creative documentary about becoming a parent... and how to reconceive yourself. Fiction director Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself and his wife as they undergo the ordeal of becoming parents in the era of man-children and assisted reproduction. Faced with fatherhood, Josh spirals comically into an envious career funk. But life-threatening complications emerge- the couple are tested to the brink, confronting shattering losses. It's a portrait of our generation going through a revolution in reproduction- forced to find new ways to think about ourselves as creative beings. We hear from Slavoj Žižek, John Berger, Darian Leader (20,000 Days) and Zadie Smith. Universal yet still taboo, it's a film for everyone who has children, wants them, or still feels like a child themselves.
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Associate Producer:
Sarah Mosses
Mia Bays
Camera Operator:
Ben Turner
Jonathan De Villiers
Michael Sugarman
Halldora Magnusdottir
Color Timer:
Mat Troughton
Director:
Devorah Baum
Josh Appignanesi
Director of Photography:
Josh Appignanesi
Editor:
Devorah Baum
Josh Appignanesi
Executive Producer:
David Baddiel
Cavan Ash
Charlie Phillips
Producer:
Josh Appignanesi
Devorah Baum
Publicist:
Rivkah Brown
Supervising Sound Editor:
Vincent Watts
Writer:
Josh Appignanesi
Devorah Baum
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