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A Man Imagined

2023 1 h 1 min
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A bracingly intimate and hallucinatory portrait of a man with schizophrenia surviving amidst urban detritus and decay. Pushing at the limits of non-fiction cinema, A Man Imagined follows 67-year old Lloyd as he sells discarded objects to motorists and passersby. Unfolding along psychological lines, the film reveals the existential solitude of a man at once gentle and marred by a storied past.

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A Man Imagined

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A bracingly intimate and hallucinatory portrait of a man with schizophrenia surviving amidst urban detritus and decay. Pushing at the limits of non-fiction cinema, A Man Imagined follows 67-year old Lloyd as he sells discarded objects to motorists and passersby. Unfolding along psychological lines, the film reveals the existential solitude of a man at once gentle and marred by a storied past.

  • writer
    Brian M. Cassidy
    Melanie Shatzky
  • director
    Brian M. Cassidy
    Melanie Shatzky
  • director of photography
    Brian M. Cassidy
  • sound recordist
    Melanie Shatzky
  • sound design
    Ilyaa Ghafouri
    Brian M. Cassidy
    Melanie Shatzky
  • editor
    Brian M. Cassidy
    Melanie Shatzky
    Pablo Alvarez-Mesa
  • producer
    Rohan Fernando
  • assistant camera
    Carlos Sanchez
  • production supervisor
    Roz Power
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Lord
    Christopher MacIntosh
  • motion graphics
    Ron McDougall
  • online editor
    Serge Verreault
  • graphics
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • title design
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • digital editing technician
    Pierre Dupont
    Marie-Josée Gourde
    Patrick Trahan
  • transcription
    Lori Heath
  • re-recording
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • foley artist
    Louis Duranleau
  • foley recording
    Bande à part
  • visual archives
    NFB Archives
  • production coordinator
    Carolina Bermudez Guerrero
    Yanis Ait Mohamed
  • senior production coordinator
    Cheryl Murgatroyd
    Anna MacLean
  • studio administration
    Leslie Anne Poyntz
  • executive producer
    Annette Clarke
    Rohan Fernando
  • marketing manager
    Jamie Hammond
  • publicist
    Osas Eweka-Smith
  • legal counsel
    Peter Kallianiotis