Movie

Toby Dammit

1968 · 45 min

A woozy, nightmarish descent through fame and television lights, unsettling and strange, with a lingering sense of dread.

Overview: During a trip to Rome, a debauched Shakespearian actor is tormented by the Italian film industry, fans, the press and the Devil, who appears as a little girl seeking to collect his head. This short is part of the anthology film Spirits of the Dead (1968).
How it feels: Eerie, dark, satirical and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, obsession, madness, celebrity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
madness
celebrity
death
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild