Short film

Black Sun

1996 · 9 min

A hypnotic, unsettling nine-minute trance of rhythm and symbols that washes over you like a waking dream you can't quite name.

Directed by: Boyd Rice

Overview: An experimental film by Boyd Rice "…like a hallucinatory motion picture Rorschach test, incorporating sound, rhythm, and archetypal symbology."

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Directed by: Boyd Rice

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 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
madness
art
memory
obsession
Places: None
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	5
Humour	1
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	5

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