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| Directed by | Steven Soderbergh |
| Produced by | Joseph Malloch |
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| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Steven Soderbergh (as Peter Andrews) |
| Edited by | Steven Soderbergh (as Mary Ann Bernard) |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million[2] |
| Box office | $4.7 million[3] |
Unsane is a 2018 American psychological horror-thriller film shot, edited, and directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer. The film stars Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, and Amy Irving, and follows a young businesswoman who ends up in a mental institution after she is stalked by her former hospice patient's son. The film was shot entirely on the iPhone 7 Plus.
Unsane had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 21, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 23, 2018, by Bleecker Street and Soderbergh's production companyFingerprint Releasing.
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Sawyer Valentini, a bright but troubled business woman, begins to find out that her past is catching up to her when a former hospice patient's son starts to stalk her. To ensure her safety, Sawyer signs up for a support group that helps people tackle stalking problems. Unfortunately, Sawyer finds out that she has involuntarily placed herself in a mental institution with strict rules that there should be no contact with the outside world. Alone and trapped against her will, Sawyer must fight her own demons within the twisted asylum as the visions of her stalker begin to take over.
***I have yet to see this movie. Many schizophrenics do not want to watch Unsane because it highlights the abuses that have happened and continue to happen in mental hospitals. The movie could be a trigger to us or simply upset us. The screenwriter, James Greer, does not have a mental illness so what does he know? I wonder if screenwriters eavesdrop and frequent websites and blogs like mine to pick our brains. I am putting my story out there and I would like credit for MY STORY. In my story, the protagonist is flawed but likeable. At least the mentally ill character is not the villain in my story, unlike so many other stories. The villains are my old classmate/stalker, his wife, and their creepy friends who practice Santeria! In Unsane, the protagonist has no contact with the outside world. When I was in a mental institution (5150) I still could have visitors and phone calls. Unsane has a few fantasy elements, or out of touch with reality elements, for sure.
There is a scene in Unsane where the protagonist is strip searched in the hospital. This is actually accurate. My clothes were taken from me, including my underwire bra, for "safety reasons." I was given a hospital gown to wear. Because I have a major mental illness and was off my medication, I was also physically held down to get Abilify Maintena shots in my rear end. They did not trust me to swallow my medication. I was not even resisting and they physically restrained me. This was executed by a male doctor, of course. That is a God-awful memory that I will never forget. One thing that Unsane misrepresents is that psychiatrists in real life have a confidentiality agreement with their patients. It is unethical to reveal what is said in therapy. A psychiatrist could lose their license for this.
I also believed I had a stalker, at the time of my hospitalization. I believed the voices I was hearing in the hospital were from my stalker's wife/enemies hexing me though. I knew my stalker was not in the hospital with me, which was a relief of sorts. To this day, I believe that I am being stalked by two different men. I do not feel flattered by it though. They just drive through my neighborhood and look at me. The two stalkers are very different. One stalker I have feelings for. The other one is a classic, creepy, mean stalker. He is an old acquaintance. I can't say that I have strong enough feelings to hate him but I am not attracted to him or flattered by him. He is also married, with a child. So, basically, he is a classic creep.
**I know it sounds like I am giving Keith a pass for stalking. I understand the seriousness of stalking and I am not using my mental illness as a pass for taking this subject lightly. I do not know what to call what these men are doing to me. I have no real case against them either. Unfortunately they are free to drive past me and my children, if that is all they are doing. I am sorry if the way I am speaking about stalking offends you.
*** I will think of a better word for what I am experiencing if I have to make it up myself. I changed my mind. I hate Tony Meister (the mean stalker) and his clueless wife for spying on me and trying to compare his life to mine. Get over me and stay out of San Diego! I have a hard time understanding why anyone's wife would let their husband travel to the neighborhood of a woman who they used to crush on to spy on them. It makes no sense to me. In 1998, Tony Meister raped me, right before I left LA to move to San Diego. He was never my boyfriend so I never had sex with him prior to that. He was the worst male I ever hung out with. He was always so mean to me. He was not a gentleman. He never took me out on a date but he would always try to hook up with me. I thought we were friends and then he raped me. I am scared of him. Why is he driving around my neighborhood? I saw him just yesterday in Leucadia. He is such a complete idiot.
**I know it sounds like I am giving Keith a pass for stalking. I understand the seriousness of stalking and I am not using my mental illness as a pass for taking this subject lightly. I do not know what to call what these men are doing to me. I have no real case against them either. Unfortunately they are free to drive past me and my children, if that is all they are doing. I am sorry if the way I am speaking about stalking offends you.
*** I will think of a better word for what I am experiencing if I have to make it up myself. I changed my mind. I hate Tony Meister (the mean stalker) and his clueless wife for spying on me and trying to compare his life to mine. Get over me and stay out of San Diego! I have a hard time understanding why anyone's wife would let their husband travel to the neighborhood of a woman who they used to crush on to spy on them. It makes no sense to me. In 1998, Tony Meister raped me, right before I left LA to move to San Diego. He was never my boyfriend so I never had sex with him prior to that. He was the worst male I ever hung out with. He was always so mean to me. He was not a gentleman. He never took me out on a date but he would always try to hook up with me. I thought we were friends and then he raped me. I am scared of him. Why is he driving around my neighborhood? I saw him just yesterday in Leucadia. He is such a complete idiot.
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