Feature docu-drama,
colour, 16mm
Available in the original English version and the dubbed French version

 

 

UN©UT
A film by John Greyson
92 minutes 1997
A Grey Zone Ltd.
production


"UN©UT is a juggling
act only a master could pull off......
fiercely playful intellect"
Cameron Bailey NOW MAGAZINE

"Wonderful to watch
... a spectacular display."
-Peter Goddard, TORONTO STAR

"Gossip and libel
... daringly provocative."
-Alan Hustak, THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

" ... a prickly, ironic mixture of
documentary, parody and drama ... "
-Liam Lacey, THE GLOBE AND MAIL

"Giddily imaginative
... delights in its playful,
multi-planed wit."VARIETY

"That UN©UT proved just as
intoxicating -- aesthetically and
emotionally - as LILIES suggests that
Greyson is no longer a 'promising'
director from the big silent land up
North. He's fulfilled every promise,
and surpassed them."
-Dennis Harvey, SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN

 

What do Pierre Trudeau, circumcision and copyright law have in common? A cast of three eccentric
Peters explore this question in John Greyson's genre-bending feature UN©UT. Peter (1), a typist obsessed with Pierre Trudeau, is hired by Peter (2), a grad student, to type his paper on circumcision. Shortly thereafter, Peter (1) has a virtual flirtation with Peter (3), a video artist. The three Peters' paths intersect with increasing regularity, much to their peril.

Playfully bringing gay subtext to the foreground, Greyson has used the gay man's body as a forum wherein to debate issues of sexual identity and politics. His provocative revisionist history leads audiences to reexamine what may lurk behind the scenes for many a public figure. Greyson melds opera and political activism, melodrama and interviews, the bizarre and the mundane. His explorations in the marshland of culture and politics provide further context for our own interpretations of the world of art and artifice.

Gallery
 
 

DOMINO FILM PRESENTS A GREYZONE PRODUCTION "UN©UT" A FILM BY JOHN GREYSON STARRING MICHAEL ACHTMAN, DAMON D'OLIVEIRA, MATTHEW FERGUSON, AND MARIA REIDSTRA CAMERA KIM DERKO PRODUCTION DESIGN BILL LAYTON SOUND RECORDING JUSTINE PIMLOTT COMPOSER ANDREW ZEALLEY EDITOR DENNIS DAY WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER JOHN GREYSON

Another critically acclaimed film from
DOMINO'S CANADIAN COLLECTION

French version