Me and the Voice in My Head takes a potentially chaotic premise for a documentary – a comedian trying to perform a show that has previously proved unperformable – and turns it into a raw and creative exploration of one man’s experience of debilitating mental illness. From the beginning, it is clear that bluntness and humour are the order of the day. There is more bluntness than humour, it should be said, but it finds a balance nonetheless.
“How are you, Joe?” asks the man behind the camera. “Awful,” replies the comedian and actor Joe Tracini, shifting in his seat. Tracini is palpably agitated and nervous, and with good reason: he has decided to make a film about living with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
