Heartbeat in the Brain | |
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Directed by | Amanda Feilding |
Produced by | Amanda Feilding, Joseph Mellen |
Starring | Amanda Feilding |
Narrated by | Amanda Feilding |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | Unknown |
Heartbeat in the Brain is a 1970 documentary film produced and directed by Amanda Feilding, an advocate of trepanation. [1] It was filmed by Joseph Mellen.
In the film, Feilding, a 27-year-old student at the time, drills a hole in her forehead with a dentist's drill. In the documentary, surgical scenes alternate with motion studies of Feilding's pet pigeon Birdie. [2]
In 1978, Feilding screened the movie at the Suydam Gallery in New York. More than one audience member fainted during the climax. [1]
The 1998 documentary A Hole in the Head contains footage from Heartbeat in the Brain. [3]
The documentary, long believed to be lost, was publicly screened at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London on 28 April 2011. [4]