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Rough Cut

2013

A grimy, low-budget descent into obsession that feels like watching a breakdown filmed on a camcorder, unsettling and oddly darkly comic.

Directed by: Christopher Leto
Genres: Horror
Starring: Mike Duffau, Tanya Christiansen, Aaron Quick Nelson

Tagline: MEET JACK! He'll make you a star.
Overview: An Independent film director on the edge loses his funding and his marriage. In order to fulfill his destiny with no budget, he must set the scenes and abduct his cast. Film director or homicidal maniac? Castings open and he is the man to get you into the final cut!

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Directed by: Christopher Leto
Genres: Horror
Starring: Mike Duffau, Tanya Christiansen, Aaron Quick Nelson

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
art
ambition
isolation
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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