This film was photographed midst the drama it depicts: as I was the ‘protagonist’ of the drama, it is the most extremely autobiographical documentation given to me to do. as it was made while the brain was thus stunned, I think it was wrongly titled Love Sacrifice. I am now renaming it Confession (in the same spirit that moved me to re-title Sincerity IV/Duplicity I). There is a clear sense that all which the film depicts precludes even the possibilities of Love, so that it represents an even greater sacrifice of all that we know of loving than I had originally thought when I first titled it. Perhaps I, after all a film maker, should cease speaking and simply turn to a quote from Petrarch which seems true ‘addenda’ to the film now as it did when I first made it: ‘Firstly, I revealed in salutary confession the secret fifth of my misdeeds, which has long been festering in stagnant silence, and I made it my custom to confess often, and thus to display the wounds of my blinded soul to the almighty Healer’ (Epistolae Familiares X,5, June 11, probably 1352). I suddenly thought the title might best be, simply, Confession, for the Petrarch does hold solid through all this turmoil. I continue to think there can be no ‘wrong’ form of loving… BUT, people can become easily confused as to what Love IS. – S.B.
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.