Art from improvisation
KIRSTEN Sheridan’s new feature film, Dollhouse, has a punk spirit and a free-flowing improvisational style. Dollhouse will be screened tonight at the Gate Cinema as part of the Cork Film Festival and will be introduced by Sheridan. Filmed in Dalkey in the home of her filmmaker father, Jim Sheridan, Dollhouse takes place over one night. Teenagers from Dublin’s inner city break into a house in an upper class suburb and start partying. Chaos and revelations ensue.
Sheridan, who refers to the novel, Lord of the Flies, in describing the film, says she was keen to improvise. “In a way, when you write a script, the work is done and all you’re doing as a director is executing the script. It can get tedious and sometimes predictable. Also, I didn’t want to put words into the mouths of the cast, because it’s about a group of kids who are not from my generation. I wanted them to speak with their own voices,” she says.
