Johnny Panic
1999 · Movie · 42 min. · United Kingdom
Within this film Lahire deftly combines the fictional aspects of [Sylvia] Plath's writing with the stark reality of her life. Johnny Panic is a filmic and poetic text that evokes and adds to Plath's own dreams in the story 'Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams', and which grounds Plath's own recorded statement: 'one should be able to control and manipulate experiences, even the most terrifying - like madness and being tortured...
Direction Sandra Lahire
Cast Nicola Winterson · Cecile Chich · Ali Bye · Lynn Caral · Sarah Turner · Liane Harris
Soundtrack David Herriott
Screenplay Sandra Lahire
Cinematography Jonathan Collinson
Original title Johnny Panic
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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