MAKING HER MARK
FILM DIRECTOR, ACTOR AND ARTIST LISA GORNICK TALKS TO JANE CZYZSELSKA ABOUT HER LATEST FILM AND LIVE DRAWING SHOW
LISA GORNICK
With her groundbreaking films Do I Love You? (2002) and Tick Tock Lullaby (2006), films she describes as notebook narratives, Gornick has characteristically led the audience through a thoughtful journey as she grapples with the vicissitudes of lesbian life in 21st century Britain. Her latest film, The Book Of Gabrielle, a comedy, is released this month alongside a series of live-drawing shows about regret, and a new book.
DIVA: Is it coincidence that your new drama comedy is being released alongside a show about regret?
LISA GORNICK: There was a time during the making of this film that I got depressed. It’s funny, I can talk about my “inner penis” easily but saying I got depressed feels harder. I was losing my mother – who has since died – and also at the same time I was in a way losing myself. Since all my work is an honest exploration of myself, I found it hard to finish the film. During the film edit, I was commissioned by UCL Art Museum to make a new live drawing show.