‘Unsane’ Clip: Claire Foy Calls For Help
Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone-shot thrillerUnsaneis going to putClaire Foythrough hell. The actress stars as a woman committed to an insane asylum, fighting to convince everyone around her she’s not insane. In a newUnsaneclip, Foy’s character attempts to leave the asylum, with miserable results.
After a brief sojourn in semi-retirement, Steven Soderbergh is back. The filmmaker released the heist comedyLogan Luckylast year, and has a new HBO series,Mosaic. Next month, Soderbergh’s new filmUnsanewill hit theaters, and bring with it the filmmaker’s latest bit of experimentation. Never one to shy away from unusual methods for his films, Soderbergh shotUnsaneentirely on iPhones – a method previously employed to great effect by Sean Baker’sTangerine.
InUnsane,The Crown’s Claire Foy stars as a woman who finds herself committed to an insane asylum. Foy’s character insists she’s perfectly sane, but convincing everyone around her of this is going to be a problem. A newUnsaneclip reveals Foy’s dilemma.
Unsane Clip
As a Soderbergh fan, I’m all-in on this. That said, I remainslightlyskeptical of Foy’s American accent. Then again, her character has the absolutely fantastic name “Sawyer Valentini.” That alone is enough to sell me. The iPhone cinematography here is interesting: there’s an eerie, stripped-down feeling to the clip that makes it extra unnerving.
Unsanealso starsThe Blair Witch Project’sJoshua Leonard,SNL’sJay Pharoah,Killer Joe’sJuno Temple,Appropriate Behavior’sAimee Mullins, andTraffic’sAmy Irving. The trailer (and the clip above) are selling this as a standard thriller, but I have a sneaking suspicion there’s more than meets the eye here. Perhaps something supernatural is lurking. Or perhaps not. In a previous interview about the film, co-star Jay Pharoahdescribedit as “reality-type horror — almostGet Out-ish, but different.“Unsaneopens onMarch 23, 2018after premiering at the Berlin Film Festival this month.
