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Boiled Alive

2025

An abstract, contemplative audiovisual installation that asks for patience and rewards it with a drifting, uneasy meditation.

Directed by
Jaxon Whittington
Starring
Zachary Cole Smith, Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield
Overview
DIIV's final creative installation of the frog era. Mental processing time is estimated at ‹1-10hr) of contemplation upon completion. Image and words and sound cost approximately ‹3-5hoep) to consume,

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Directed by
Jaxon Whittington
Starring
Zachary Cole Smith, Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • identity
    • madness
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror4
    Humour2
    Realism4
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight6

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    Directed by
    Jaxon Whittington
    Starring
    Zachary Cole Smith, Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield, Ben Newman, Tommy Midnight, Ben Withers, Leslie Bohem, Daphne O'Neal
    Cinematography
    Harley Astorga
    Languages
    English

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