By Our Selves

ByOurSelvesdocumentsafour-daywalkmadebytheEnglishPoetJohnClare.TobyJones,IainSinclairandaStrawBearfollowinhisfootstepsexactly150yearsafterhisdeath.EnroutetheybumpintoMacgillivray,DrSimonKovesiandthewizardAlanMoore.MeantimethejourneyisnarratedbyToby’sfatherFreddie,amaverickactorwhofeaturedinnumerousDavidLynchfilms.<br/>　　JohnClare’sescapefromEppingForest;anepicmarchthroughhungerandmadness,isanEnglishjourneytosetbeside‘APilgrim’sProgress’.AndrewKötting,hyperkineticcamper-vancaptainofGallivant,setsoutinhotpursuit,dressedasaStrawBear.Fatherandson,FreddieandTobyJones,arepossessedbythespiritofClare,andlockedinBeckettianembrace:oneall-voiceandoneall-mute.<br/>　　ThewriterIainSinclairwatchesfromtheshadows,AlanMoorewaitslikeabeardedfigureoffate,inNorthamptonandDrSimonKovesihandsoutthemedicine.Capturedinlustrousblackandwhitephotography,theydiscovertheonlytruthoftheroad;whateverourhopesanddelusions,wearealwaysbyourselves.ThefilmisinspiredbyIainSinclair’sEdgeoftheOrisonandJohnClare’sJourneyoutofEssex.