Zachary Oberzan - GEANNULEERD!

For many years Zachary Oberzan worked as an actor with the New York theatre company Nature Theater of Oklahoma. In the meantime he has gone solo with performances in which he is responsible for both the whole concept and execution. He directs, films, edits and acts. Last season at the New York festival he presented 'Your Brother. Remember?', a tragicomic story about his relationship with his brother. He backed up this personal story with an ingenious collage of Hollywood movies and home videos. Film and autobiography, fiction and documentary are still recurring elements in his work. This time however, in 'Tell Me, is Love Real', which is a coproduction by deSingel, his inspiration does not come from the action films of his hero Jean-Claude Van Damme. He is equally fascinated by art films like 'Close Up' by the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, which he now uses. In it he plays all the characters himself. However, the main character falsely presents himself as a film-maker. Oberzan uses this material to question the truth about being and artist. How far can an artist go?