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Six by Sondheim

2013 · 86 min

An intimate, affectionate sit with a brilliant raconteur as he unpacks his craft, leaving you moved and humming.

Genres
Documentary, Music
Overview
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.
How it feels
Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Art, music, identity, ambition
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • music
  • identity
  • ambition
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance2
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary, music
Directed by
Autumn de Wilde, James Lapine, Todd Haynes
Written by
Stephen Sondheim
Starring
Stephen Sondheim, Audra McDonald, Darren Criss, Jeremy Jordan, America Ferrera, Jarvis Cocker, Jackie Hoffman, Dean Jones
Cinematography
Bradford Young, Edward Lachman
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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