Nobody’s Here but Me. Cindy Sherman - ACE285.7

Sherman setting up a shoot, deciding on mask, going to Central Park. Story of Fitcher, "a wicked wizard who liked to cut people up" read over. Photographs and park scenes. Eric Bogosian, Actor, talking about fairy tales as a rich source "for the darker side of human nature". Sherman talking about her researches on fairy tales. Book, Fitcher’s Bird. Assorted body parts – screaming head, hand, etc. – tin of ecto-plazma, baby, doll girl, skull, and so on; Bogosian’s VO continues reading. Extract from video. More images and props. Sherman explaining what drew her to this particular story. She thinks the gruesomeness of the story is balanced by the fact that the young heroine brings the other woman back to life at the end of the story. Story continues. Sherman assembling dummy. Sherman discussing the idea that all of her work is ultimately about death, and the connection between horror films and fairy stories, and how, perhaps, some of her work is an attempt to come to terms with the "unknown" element of death. White robed lying on back figure with black wiry hair . Sherman’s parrot confronting the camera. Credits over Sherman and the parrot.