I Am (2010 American documentary film)

I Am is a 2010 American documentary film written, directed, and narrated by Tom Shadyac. The documentary explores Shadyacs personal journey after a 2007 bicycle accident, the nature of humanity and worlds evergrowing addiction to materialism. The film, shot with Shadyac and a team of four, contrasts sharply with Shadyacs previous comedic work.

A 2011 New York Times article stated that the symptoms of a concussion didnt go away. Something as simple as a trip to the grocery store was painful for Shadyac, whose brain was unable to filter various stimuli. Shadyac subsequently gave away his excess fortune, opening a homeless shelter in Charlottesville, Virginia and making a key donation to Telluride, Colorados effort to set aside a natural area at the towns entrance. He reoriented and simplified his life, sold his 17,000squarefoot 1,600m2 Los Angeles mansion and moved into a trailer park albeit the exclusive Paradise Cove park in Malibu.As medical treatments failed to help, he isolated himself completely, sleeping in his closet and walling the windows of his mobile home with blackout curtains. Later, as his symptoms finally began to subside, the director wanted to share his inner quest in the way he knew best through film. Shadyac likened the experience to Dantes Seventh Circle of Hell. ........

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