What he accomplishes in All Divided Selves, however, is a blurring of the lines between opposing forces, mirrored by the ideas of R. D. Laing that he quotes throughout the film, through the juxtaposition of archived and original footage, unified by repeating motivic images and sounds, and perhaps most effectively, through the viewer’s own uncertainty about where he or she stands in relation to the film, and consequently, in relation to the concept of
What he accomplishes in All Divided Selves, however, is a blurring of the lines between opposing forces, mirrored by the ideas of R. D. Laing that he quotes throughout the film, through the juxtaposition of archived and original footage, unified by repeating motivic images and sounds, and perhaps most effectively, through the viewer’s own uncertainty about where he or she stands in relation to the film, and consequently, in relation to the concept of