The Man Whose Mind Exploded

The Man Whose Mind Exploded (2014)

In this "beautifully intimate and utterly unique piece of cinema", Toby Amies crosses the line between filmmaker and carer, trying to cope with the strange and hilarious world view of the fragile eccentric, Drako Zarharzar. A love story. Drako Oho Zaraharzar can remember modeling for Salvador Dali and hanging out with The Stones. But he can’t remember yesterday. Following a severe head injury, Drako Zaraharzar suffers from terrible memory loss, he can access memories from before his accident, but can’t imprint new ones. As he puts it, “the recording machine in my head doesn’t work”. Consequently, and as an antidote to depression he chose to live “completely in the now” according to the bizarre mottoes delivered to him whilst in a coma.

Date of release
2014-06-13
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Toby Amies

Casting

Interesting facts

The Man Whose Mind Exploded is a 2013 documentary film directed by Toby Amies. The film depicts the strange relationship between Amies and Brighton eccentric Drako Oho Zarharzar.

Production

The Man Whose Mind Exploded started life as a BBC Radio 4 programme described by Miranda Sawyer in The Observer as "the best documentary of 2008". The reception to it was so positive that the director was encouraged to turn it into a film. The film was produced by Rob Alexander, Kat Mansoor, and Toby Amies. Executive producers were Daisy Asquith and Dunstan Bruce while the editing was done by Jim Scott.

The film music was composed by Adam Peters, who made his debut as a solo movie score composer on Savages (2012) directed by Oliver Stone.

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